Xenotyphlops

Xenotyphlops
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Xenotyphlopidae
Genus: Xenotyphlops
Wallach & Ineich, 1996
Species
  • X. grandidieri (Mocquard, 1905)
  • X. mocquardi Wallach, Mercurio & Aandreone, 2007

Xenotyphlops is the only genus of the family Xenotyphlopidae, comprising two species. They are found in Madagascar.[1]

Physical characteristics

Members of this genus are distinguishable externally from the Typhlopidae by possessing a greatly enlarged and nearly circular rostral shield. This shield is nearly vertical in a lateral aspect, as a result the two species have a "bull-dozer" appearance. Xenotyphlops species are internally unique in that (1) they lack a tracheal and (2) possess an unexpanded tracheal membrane.[2]

Geographic range

These snakes are found only from the type locality, which is "Madagascar", and the type specimens.[3]

Species

See also

References

  1. "Xenotyphlops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  2. Reptile-database.reptarium.cz (retrieved December 1, 2013)
  3. McDiarmid,R.W.; Campbell,J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake Species of the World. Vol. 1. Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.

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