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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: April 12th, 2025.


Taxonomy of the family Leptotyphlopidae
Bibliography of the genus Habrophallos
Biodiversity of the family Leptotyphlopidae








Genus
Habrophallos

Collared Thread Snake

Halsband-Fadenschlange

Halsbånd-trådslange

2019 Habrophallos Martins, Koch, Pinto, Folly, Fouquet & Passos (type species: Leptotyphlops collaris Hoogmoed 1977)
Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: The single species of this genus was previously assigned to Leptotyphlops or, more recently, to Epictia.
Distribution: As for the single species.

Meristic and other data
of the world's snakes.
Compiled by
V. Wallach
Key to abbreviations


Head drawings of the
genus Habrophallos.
Compiled by
V. Wallach

Habrophallos collaris

Collared Thread Snake

Halsband-Fadenschlange

Halsbånd-trådslange

1977 Leptotyphlops collaris Hoogmoed
Epictia collaris Adalsteinsson, Branch, Trape, Vitt & Hedges 2009
Habrophallos collaris Martins, Koch, Pinto, Folly, Fouquet & Passos 2019

Remarks: Martins, Koch, Pinto, Folly, Fouquet & Passos (2019) mention the presence of this species in Brazil, but do not refer to any voucher or exact locality. However, the map they provide shows a plotted locality in Amapa, which is therefore provisionally included as part of the distribution herein.
Distribution: Brazil (Amapa), French Guiana, Surinam.