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"Morphological variation and taxonomic reassessment of the endemic Malagasy blind snake family Xenotyphlopidae (Serpentes, Scolecophidia)". Spixiana 36 (2): 269–282. Wallach V, Ineich I (1996). "Redescription of a rare Malagasy blind snake, Typhlops grandidieri Mocquard, with placement in a new genus (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)".
Xenotyphlops is an ancient group that diverged from other blind snakes during the Cretaceous, following the separation of Madagascar from India.On the newly-isolated Madagascar, the ancestral Xenotyphlopidae and Typhlopidae diverged from one another; Typhlopidae dispersed worldwide from Madagascar while leaving behind a single Malagasy genus (Madatyphlops), while the Xenotyphlopidae remained ...
The Scolecophidia, commonly known as blind snakes or thread snakes, [2] are an infraorder [2] of snakes. [3] ... Malagasy blind snakes Madagascar: Evolution
All species in the family Typhlopidae are fossorial and feed on social fossorial invertebrates such as termites and ants. The tracheal lung is present and chambered in all species. One species, the Brahminy's blind snake, is the only unisexual snake, with the entire population being female and reproducing via parthenogenesis.
Madatyphlops is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae.. Madatyphlops may represent a surviving clade of the ancestral Typhlopidae, which are thought to have originated on Madagascar during the Cretaceous, before later dispersing to mainland Africa and then worldwide.
Three-banded centipede snake (Tantilla tritaeniata) Viquez's tropical ground snake (Trimetopon viquezi) (possibly extinct) Hong Kong blindsnake (Typhlops lazelli) Anatolian Mountain steppe viper (Vipera anatolica) South Caucasian viper (Vipera darevskii) Mount Papai viper (Vipera orlovi) Typical Madagascar blind snake (Xenotyphlops grandidieri)
Leioheterodon madagascariensis, the Malagasy, Madagascar or Madagascan giant hognose (snake), is a harmless species of pseudoxyrhophiid snake endemic to the island nation of Madagascar. The species is also found on the country's smaller islands of Nosy Be , Nosy Mangabe , and Nosy Sakatia, as well as on the Comoros archipelago, in the ...
Proximus blind snake (Austrotyphlops proximus) Austrotyphlops waitii; Beaked worm snake (Grypotyphlops acutus) Cross' beaked snake (Letheobia crossii) St. Thomas' beaked snake (Letheobia feae) Lake Tanganyika blind snake (Letheobia graueri) Zanzibar gracile blind-snake (Letheobia lumbriciformis) Léopoldville beaked snake (Letheobia ...