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Species of snake

Helicops gomesi
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Helicops
Species: H. gomesi
Binomial name
Helicops gomesi
Amaral, 1922

Helicops gomesi, also known commonly as the São Paulo keelback and cobra d'água in Brazilian Portuguese, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Brazil.

Etymology

The specific name, gomesi, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist João Florêncio Gomes.

Geographic range

H. gomesi is found in the Brazilian states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraná, and São Paulo.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of H. gomesi are forest and savanna.

Description

H. gomesi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 76 cm (30 in). Both dorsally and ventrally, it is brown, with some darker markings. Its dorsal scales are arranged in 19 rows throughout the length of its body.

Diet

H. gomesi preys upon fishes and amphibians.

Reproduction

H. gomes is oviparous. Clutch size is 7–22 eggs.

References

  1. ^ Silveira, A.L.; Prudente, A.L. da C.; Argôlo, A.J.S.; Abrahão, C.R.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Strüssmann, C.; Loebmann, D.; Barbo, F.E.; Franco, F.L.; Costa, G.C.; de Moura, G.J.B.; Zaher, H. el D.; Borges-Martins, M.; Martins, M.R.C.; Oliveira, M.E.; Hoogmoed, M.S.; Marques, O.A.V.; Passos, P.G.H.; Bérnils, R.S.; Kawashita-Ribeiro, R.A.; Sawaya, R.J.; da Costa, T.B.G. (2019). "Helicops gomesi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T15178654A123740260. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Helicops gomesi, p. 103).
  3. ^ Species Helicops gomesi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Amaral A (1922). "Contribuição para o conhecimento dos Ofidios do Brazil. Parte I. Quatro noves espécies de serpentes brasileiras ". Anexos das Memórias do Instituto Butantan, Secção de Ofiologia 1 (1): 1–37. (Helicops gomesi, new species. p. 7). (in Portuguese).
  • Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Helicops gomesi, p. 99).
  • Zaher H, Barbo FE, Sanchez Martinez P, Nogueira C, Rodrigues MT, Sawaya RJ (2011). "Répteis do Estado de São Paulo: conhecimento atual e perspectivas ". Biota Neotropica 11 (1): 1–15. (in Portuguese, with an abstract in English).


Taxon identifiers
Helicops gomesi


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