| Xenotyphlops | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Infraorder: | Scolecophidia |
| Superfamily: | Typhlopoidea |
| Family: | Xenotyphlopidae Vidal, Vences, Branch & Hedges, 2010 |
| Genus: | Xenotyphlops Wallach & Ineich, 1996 |
| Species | |
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Two species, see text | |
Xenotyphlops is a genus of snakes, the only genus of the family Xenotyphlopidae, comprising two species found only in Madagascar.[1] These snakes are also known as the Malagasy blind snake.[2]
- ^ "Xenotyphlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ Vitt, Laurie J.; Caldwell, Janalee P. (2013). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles, Fourth Edition. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-386919-6. OCLC 934973974.