Elapomorphini Jan, 1862

Waltrick, Camilla Spengler & Giasson, Luís Olímpio Menta, 2021, Taxonomic key to the snakes (Squamata: Ophidia) species of the Itajaí Valley, Santa Catarina, Brazil, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 61, pp. 1-15 : 7

Tribe Elapomorphini Jan, 1862

Members of this tribe have cephalic shields fused, reduced eyes, and strengthened skulls due to fossorial habits ( Ferrarezzi, 1993). In the Itajaí Valley, Phalotris reticulatus is the only representative species from this tribe (Bérnils et al., 2001). Specimens show dorsal scale rows 15-15-15; black head followed by a yellowish nuchal collar, the dorsal color background is red with three longitudinal black stripes, one in the vertebral zone, and the other two in the pleural zones. It has a black cloacal ring, the venter is yellowish, with black semilunar blotches ( Quintela & Loebmann, 2009).