Habrophallos collaris (HOOGMOED, 1977)
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Habrophallos collaris
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| Higher Taxa | Leptotyphlopidae, Epictinae, Epictini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Collared Blind Snake |
| Synonym | Leptotyphlops collaris HOOGMOED 1977 Leptotyphlops collaris — GASC & RODRIGUES 1980 Leptotyphlops collaris — STARACE 1998: 75 Leptotyphlops collaris — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 25 Epictia collaris — ADALSTEINSSON, BRANCH, TRAPE, VITT & HEDGES 2009 Epictia collaris — WALLACH et al. 2014: 276 Epictia collaris — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 Habrophallos collaris — MARTINS et al. 2020 |
| Distribution | N Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil Type locality: Base Camp Nassau Mountains, District Marowijne, Suriname |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: RMNH 13468 (type status unclear fide Esther Dondorp, pers. comm. 28 Jan 2019) |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (genus): Habrophallos is a small leptotyphlopid snake genus characterized by the following unique combination of characters: hemipenis unilobed, with two flattened areas (one basal and another on the apex); hemipenis with a large lateral flounce with folding at one side and a hook‐shaped process on the other side; apex of the hemipenis with a double projection lateroprox‐ imally oriented; skull with paired nasal bones; parietal bone not fused to any other skull element; parietal fontanelle absent, in‐ ternal pillars of parietal bone present; supraoccipitals fused into a single unit, moderate statolithic mass present in cavum vestibuli, otooccipitals prevent the basioccipital on forming the foramen magnum; distinct eye; midbody scale rows 14, midtail scale rows 10; 151–163 middorsal scales, 13–15 subcaudals, 1 + 1 supralabi‐ als; 92–120 mm maximum total length in adults, a body shape of 31–41 (total length/width), a relative tail length of 8.5%–9.7%, a relation of tail length/diameter of 3.3–4.7; supraocular scale present; terminal spine present; no striped pattern (although some lighter pigmentation in the tip of scales might suggest a striped pattern), brown dorsal color, and light brown venter; yellow blotch on rostral region present; ultimate part of tail including spine yellow; yellow nuchal collar present. Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 3434 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Type species: Habrophallos collaris (Hoogmoed, 1977) is the type species of the genus Habrophallos MARTINS et al. 2020. Distribution: see map in Hoogmoed and Lima (2018). See map in Nogueira et al. 2019. |
| Etymology | The species is named after the Latin word collaris meaning collar (Lemos-Espinal & Dixon 2013). The genus name is derived from the Greek “habros” (pretty, graceful, delicate) + the Greek “phallos,” used herein in reference to the small, delicate, and diagnostic hemipenial morphology of the new genus. |
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