Xenotyphlops

Taxobox
name = "Xenotyphlops"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Typhlopidae
genus = "Xenotyphlops"
genus_authority = Wallach & Ineich, 1996
species = "X. grandidieri"
binomial = "Xenotyphlops grandidieri"
binomial_authority = (Mocquard, 1905)
synonyms = * "Xenotyphlops" - Wallach & Ineich, 1996----
* "Typhlops Grandidieri" - Mocquard, 1905
* "Typhlops grandidieri" - Boulenger, 1915
* "Xenotyphlops grandidieri" - Wallach & Ineich, 1996McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).]

:"Common names: (none).""Xenotyphlops" is a monotypic genus created for the blind snake species, "X. grandidieri", found in Madagascar. No subspecies are currently recognized.ITIS|ID=634398|taxon="Xenotyphlops"|year=2007|date=29 August]

Geographic range

Found only from the type locality, which is "Madagascar", and the type specimens.

Taxonomy

A new species, "X. mocquardi", was described in 2005 after the collection another single speciemen. [http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0214-snake.html Blind pink snake discovered in Madagascar] at [http://www.mongabay.com/ Mongabay.com] . Accessed 29 August 2007.]

ee also

* List of typhlopid species and subspecies.
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