Collared Dwarf Snake
Eirenis collaris
A small harmless dwarf snake with a collar; biologically confirmed in the checklist.
Overview
What is Collared Dwarf Snake
The collared dwarf snake (Eirenis collaris) is a small, harmless colubrid. Tarkhnishvili et al. 2026 treat it as a biologically confirmed species with an Eastern Mediterranean/Caucasus range. In Georgia it is recorded in the southeast. The subspecies is E. c. collaris. A paper figure locality is Taribana, Dedoplistskaro district. It is often confused with the ring-headed dwarf snake (Eirenis modestus).
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Identification
How to identify Collared Dwarf Snake
A small harmless dwarf snake named for a collar marking.
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Small, slender colubrid — not a large racer.
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The name refers to a collar mark.
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Round pupil; non-venomous.
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Confused with E. modestus, which the checklist places in eastern and central Georgia.
Quiz
Next: which snake is it?
Collared Dwarf Snake is in the Georgia snake quiz. Ten field photos, four names — eye practice, not field ID.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Short answers to the most important questions about Collared Dwarf Snake.
Yes. Tarkhnishvili et al. 2026: southeastern Georgia. A paper figure specimen is from Taribana, Dedoplistskaro district.
Site classification: Harmless. It is a non-venomous dwarf snake.
Both are small harmless Eirenis. E. collaris is named for a collar; the checklist places it in the southeast, and E. modestus in eastern and central Georgia.
No. Eirenis has normal eyes and colubrid scales, not a worm-like body (blind snake) or a stout boa build.
- Tarkhnishvili et al. 2026 — Annotated checklist of Georgia's amphibians and reptiles
- Iankoshvili & Tarkhnishvili 2021 — Georgian herpetofauna records cited in Tarkhnishvili et al. 2026
- The Reptile Database
Species profiles are compiled from peer-reviewed literature and established biodiversity databases, and are reviewed as new taxonomic and conservation data become available.
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