Helicops scalaris

{{Short description|Species of snake}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Rivas, G.|author2=Ortega, A. |author3=Caicedo, J. |year=2016 |title=Helicops scalaris |volume=2016 |page=e.T176811A44950133 |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176811/44950133 |access-date=2 December 2021}}

| genus = Helicops

| species = scalaris

| authority = Jan, 1865

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Helicops scalaris, the ladder keelback, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. It is found in Venezuela and Colombia.