Helicops hagmanni
| Helicops hagmanni | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Helicops |
| Species: | H. hagmanni |
| Binomial name | |
| Helicops hagmanni Roux, 1910 | |
Helicops hagmanni, also known commonly as Hagmann's keelback, is a species of snake in the subfamilyDipsadinae of the familyColubridae. 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 habitat of H. hagmanni is freshwater wetlands in forest, at altitudes below 250 m (820 ft).[1]
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. hagmannipreys upon fishes.[1]
Reproduction
H. hagmanni is ovoviviparous.[3]
References
- ^ abcdeCalderón, 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.
- ^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 hagmanni, p. 114).
- ^ abSpecies Helicops hagmanni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^Rossman DA (1975)
Further reading
- Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Helicops hagmanni, p. 99).
- Rossman DA (1975). "Redescription of the South American Colubrid Snake Helicops hagmanni Roux". Herpetologica31 (4): 414–418.
- Roux J (1910). "Eine neue Helicops-Art aus Brasilien ". Zoologischer Anzeiger36: 439–440. (Helicops hagmanni, new species). (in German).
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