Xenotyphlops

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Xenotyphlops
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Xenotyphlops
Species

X. grandidieri
X. mocquardi

Xenotyphlops is a genus of worm snakes in the family Typhlopidae. The genus is endemic to Madagascar and is only known from three specimens: two of X. grandidieri, described in 1905 and one X. mocquardi specimen collected in 2005.

X. mocquardi is about 25 cm (10 in.) long and is about 0.5 cm (ΒΌ in.) in diameter.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Wallach, Van; Vincenzo Mercurio & Franco Andreone (2007-02-01). "Rediscovery of the enigmatic blind snake genus Xenotyphlops in northern Madagascar, with description of a new species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)" (PDF; fee required). Zootaxa 1402: 59-68. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved on 2007-02-14. 


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