A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Heliconoides ferax (Laws, 1944) | HeliconoididaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Heliconoides inflatus (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) | HeliconoididaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Heliconoides mercinensis (Watelet & Lefèvre, 1885) | HeliconoididaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Heliconoides mermuysi A. W. Janssen, 2010 | HeliconoididaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Heliconoides sondaari A. W. Janssen, 2007 | HeliconoididaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Heliconoides vanderweideni A. W. Janssen, 2003 | HeliconoididaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Helicopelta rostricola B. A. Marshall, 1996 | AddisoniidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicophagus leptorhynchus Ng & Kottelat, 2000 | PangasiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicophagus typus Bleeker, 1857 | PangasiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicophagus waandersii Bleeker, 1858 | PangasiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicophanta betsileoensis (Angas, 1879) | AcavidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicophanta geayi Fischer-Piette, 1950 | AcavidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicophanta gloriosa (L. Pfeiffer, 1856) | AcavidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicophanta petiti Fischer-Piette, 1950 | AcavidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicops acangussu Moraes-Da-Silva, Walterman, Citeli, Sales-Nunes & Curcio, 2022 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brown-banded watersnakeHelicops angulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicops apiaka Kawashita-Ribeiro, Ávila & Morais, 2013 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicops boitata Moraes-Da-Silva, Cecília Amaro & Sales-Nunes | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Wied's KeelbackHelicops carinicaudus (Wied-Neuwied, 1824) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Daniel's KeelbackHelicops danieli Amaral, 1938 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sao Paulo KeelbackHelicops gomesi Amaral, 1922 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hagmann's KeelbackHelicops hagmanni Roux, 1910 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicops infrataeniatus Jan, 1865 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leopard KeelbackHelicops leopardinus (Schlegel, 1837) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Olive KeelbackHelicops modestus Günther, 1861 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicops nentur Costa, Santana, Leal, Koroiva & Garcia, 2016 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Shreve's KeelbackHelicops pastazae Shreve, 1934 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Spiral KeelbackHelicops petersi Rossman, 1976 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicops phantasma Moraes-Da-Silva, Cecília Amaro, Sales-Nunes, Rodrigues & Curcio, 2021 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Norman's KeelbackHelicops polylepis Günther, 1861 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ladder Keelback (Hoge's Keelback)Helicops scalaris Jan, 1865 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicops tapajonicus DA Frota, 2005 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Equatorial KeelbackHelicops trivittatus (Gray, 1849) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Peru KeelbackHelicops yacu Rossman & Dixon, 1975 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicopsis gittenbergeri Hausdorf, 1990 | GeomitridaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicopsis hungarica (Soós & H. Wagner, 1935) | GeomitridaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicopsis piedmontanica Harzhauser, Neubauer & Esu, 2015 | GeomitridaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| striated heath snailHelicopsis striata (O. F. Müller, 1774) | GeomitridaeMollusca | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicosalpa komaii (Ihle & Ihle-Landenberg, 1936) | SalpidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicosalpa virgula (Vogt, 1854) | SalpidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helicosalpa younti Kashkina, 1973 | SalpidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Helictites decorus McLearn, 1940 | ThetiditidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Helictites minor Tozer, 1994 | ThetiditidaeMollusca | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Black and Yellow Sand LizardHeliobolus lugubris (Smith, 1838) | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Speke’s sand lizardHeliobolus spekii (Günther, 1872) | LacertidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gould's JewelfrontHeliodoxa aurescens (Gould, 1846) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-webbed BrilliantHeliodoxa branickii (Taczanowski, 1874) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pink-throated BrilliantHeliodoxa gularis (Gould, 1860) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Empress BrilliantHeliodoxa imperatrix (Gould, 1856) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Green-crowned BrilliantHeliodoxa jacula Gould, 1850 | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.