Helicops hagmanni
| Helicops hagmanni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Helicops |
| Species: | H. hagmanni
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| Binomial name | |
| Helicops hagmanni Roux, 1910
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Helicops hagmanni, also known commonly as Hagmann's keelback, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to the Amazon River basin in South America.
Etymology
The specific name, hagmanni, is in honor of Swiss-Brazilian zoologist Gottfried A. Hagmann.[2]
Geographic range
H. hagmanni is found in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela.[1]
Habitat
The preferred natural
Description
H. hagmanni has 21–29 rows of dorsal scales at midbody. Its subcaudal scales are keeled, and number only 50–59.[3] Its teeth are very long and are nonrecurved. [4]
Behavior
Diet
H. hagmanni preys upon fishes.[1]
Reproduction
H. hagmanni is ovoviviparous.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e Calderón, M.; Ortega, A.; Nogueira, C.; Gagliardi, G.; Schargel, W.; Rivas, G. (2019). "Helicops hagmanni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T15179004A115353166. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Helicops hagmanni, p. 114).
- ^ a b Species Helicops hagmanni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Rossman DA (1975)
Further reading
- ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Helicops hagmanni, p. 99).
- Rossman DA (1975). "Redescription of the South American Colubrid Snake Helicops hagmanni Roux". Herpetologica 31 (4): 414–418.
- Roux J (1910). "Eine neue Helicops-Art aus Brasilien ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 36: 439–440. (Helicops hagmanni, new species). (in German).
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