Helicops acangussu

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida 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 acangussu

Name

Helicops acangussu Moraes-da-Silva, Walterman, Citeli, Nunes & Curcio, 2022

• Holotype: UFRO-R 2748, adult ♀, collected by unknown collector on 23 September 2009.
• Type locality: “Brazil, Rondonia, Porto Velho municipality, left bank of the upper Madeira River (9°2'56.03"S, 64°18'17.70"W), 86 m elevation”.

References

Primary references

• Moraes-da-Silva, A., Walterman, S., Citeli, N., Nunes, P.M.S. & Curcio, F.F. 2022. A new oviparous species of Helicops Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes, Xenodontinae) from Brazilian Amazonia with reflections on the evolution of viviparity among hydropsine watersnakes. Zoologischer Anzeiger 296: 91–109. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2021.12.001 Reference page.