Collared blind snake explained

The collared blind snake (Habrophallos collaris) is a species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae. 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.^[1]

Notes and References

1. 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 . en . 57 . 4 . 840–863 . 10.1111/jzs.12316 . 0947-5745.