Madatyphlops
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Madatyphlops Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014 |
Madatyphlops is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae.
Geographic range
The 14 species of the genus Madatyphlops are found mostly on Madagascar, but also occur on the Comoro Islands. A fossil species occurred on Mauritius.
Species
The following species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Madatyphlops albanalis (Rendahl, 1918)
- Madatyphlops andasibensis (Wallach & Glaw, 2009)
- Madatyphlops arenarius (Grandidier, 1872)
- Madatyphlops boettgeri (Boulenger, 1893)
- Madatyphlops cariei (Hoffstetter, 1946) – extinct
- Madatyphlops comorensis (Boulenger, 1889)
- Madatyphlops decorsei (Mocquard, 1901)
- Madatyphlops domerguei (Roux-Estève, 1980)
- Madatyphlops madagascariensis (Boettger, 1877)
- Madatyphlops microcephalus (F. Werner, 1909)
- Madatyphlops mucronatus (Boettger, 1880)
- Madatyphlops ocularis (Parker, 1927)
- Madatyphlops rajeryi (Renoult & Raselimanana, 2009)
- Madatyphlops reuteri (Boettger, 1881)
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Madatyphlops.
References
- ^ Genus Madatyphlops at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Hedges, S. Blair; Marion, Angela B.; Lipp, Kelly M.; Marin, Julie; Vidal, Nicolas (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology 49: 1-61. (Madatyphlops, new genus, p. 42).