Mitophis
Appearance
Mitophis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
Subfamily: | Epictinae |
Genus: | Mitophis Hedges, Adalsteinsson & Branch, 2009 |
Mitophis is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae. All of the species were previously placed in the genus Leptotyphlops.
The genus contains the following species:[1]
- Mitophis asbolepis
- Mitophis calypso, Samana threadsnake
- Mitophis leptepileptus, Haitian Border threadsnake
- Mitophis pyrites, Thomas's blind snake
References
- ^ " Mitophis ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.