Collared blind snake

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Collared blind snake
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Habrophallos
Martins, Koch, Pinto, Folly, Fouquet, & Passos, 2020
Species:
H. collaris
Binomial name
Habrophallos collaris
(Hoogmoed, 1977)
Synonyms

Leptotyphlops collaris
Epictia collaris

The collared blind snake (Habrophallos collaris) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. [2] It was previously placed in the genus Leptotyphlops and then Epictia, until in 2019 a phylogenetic analysis found it couldn't be placed in either genus, and a new genus was created for it. It is monotypic in the genus Habrophallos. [3]

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References

  1. Ouboter, P.; Hoogmoed, M. (2017). "Epictia collaris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T178360A66749911. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T178360A66749911.en . Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  2. Habrophallos collaris at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. Martins, Angele; Koch, Claudia; Pinto, Roberta; Folly, Manuella; Fouquet, Antoine; Passos, Paulo (November 2019). "From the inside out: Discovery of a new genus of threadsnakes based on anatomical and molecular data, with discussion of the leptotyphlopid hemipenial morphology". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 57 (4): 840–863. doi:10.1111/jzs.12316. ISSN   0947-5745.