Distribution and identification of the species in the genus Helicops Wagler, 1830 (Serpentes, Colubridae, Xenodontinae) Author Schoeneberg, Yannis https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1113-973X Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany & Senckenberg Society for Nature Research, Frankfurt am Main, Germany yannis.schoeneberg@gmx.de Author Koehler, Gunther Senckenberg Society for Nature Research, Frankfurt am Main, Germany text Biodiversity Data Journal 2022 2022-03-10 10 69234 69234 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e69234 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e69234 1314-2828-10-e69234 B4F4ECF8E5335FF9A5635D2697121148 Helicops danieli Amaral, 1937 Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence : catalogNumber: SMF 55074 ; recordedBy: A. Werner leg. ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: female ; Taxon : scientificName: Helicops danieli Amaral , 1937; Location : country: Columbia ; stateProvince: Barranquilla ; Event : year: 1958; Record Level : institutionID: SMF Type status: Other material . Occurrence : catalogNumber: SMF 55115 ; recordedBy: A. Werner leg. ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: female ; Taxon : scientificName: Helicops danieli Amaral , 1937; Location : country: Columbia ; stateProvince: Barranquilla ; Event : year: 1958; Record Level : institutionID: SMF Type status: Other material . Occurrence : catalogNumber: SMF 55695 ; recordedBy: A. Werner leg. ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: female ; Taxon : scientificName: Helicops danieli Amaral , 1937; Location : country: Columbia ; stateProvince: Barranquilla ; Event : year: 1958; Record Level : institutionID: SMF Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: ZMB 9490 ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: male ; Taxon : scientificName: Helicops danieli Amaral , 1937; Location : country: Brazil ; Record Level : institutionID: ZMB Type status: Other material . Occurrence : catalogNumber: ZSM 596/2003 ; recordedBy: W. Hellmich leg. ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: female ; Taxon : scientificName: Helicops danieli Amaral , 1937; Location : country: Columbia ; stateProvince: Bolivar ; locality: Jesus del Rio ; Event : year: 1937; Record Level : institutionID: ZSM Diagnosis Helicops danieli is readily distinguished from its congeners by its unique colour pattern, namely a spotted dorsum in combination with a ventral pattern consisting of two rows of semi-lunar marks on a light background (for information on references see, Suppl. material 3). Distribution Helicops danieli is only occurring in Colombia, where it seems to be found mainly west of the Andes. There is a report from the lowland in the east near the Brazilian border ( Yuki and Castano 1998 , Fig. 1 e ). Specimen ZMB 9490 has the country-level locality Brazil without further precision.