Helicops boitata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Xenodontinae
Genus: Helicops
Species: Helicops boitata

Name

Helicops boitata Moraes-da-Silva, A., Amaro, Nunes, Strüssmann, Teixeira, Andrade, Sudré, Recoder, Rodrigues & Curcio, 2019: 450

• Holotype: UFMT-R 11940, adult ♂, collected by F.F. Curcio, M. Teixeira Jr., R. Recoder and V. Sudré on 1 May 2016.
• Type locality: “Transpantaneira Road (16°25’21.18’’S, 56°40’12.64’’W; 124 m above sea level), municipality of Poconé, Mato Grosso state, Brazil”.

References

Primary references

• Moraes-da-Silva, A., Amaro, R.C., Nunes, P.M.S., Strüssmann, C., Teixeira, M., Jr., Andrade Jr., A., Sudré, V., Recoder, R., Rodrigues, M.T. & Curcio, F.F. 2019. Chance, luck and a fortunate finding: a new species of watersnake of the genus Helicops Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes: Xenodontinae), from the Brazilian Pantanal wetlands. Zootaxa 4651(3): 445–470. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4651.3.3 Reference page.