Species

Helicops yacu

Helicops yacu · described by ROSSMAN & DIXON 1975

Helicops angulatus, a close relative of Helicops yacu

Pictured: Helicops angulatus, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.

Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name
Helicops yacu
First described
ROSSMAN & DIXON 1975
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Snakes (Serpentes)
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Helicops

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree