Collared blind snake

Collared blind snake
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
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]

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.