Mitophis is a genus of snakes in the family Leptotyphlopidae. All of the species were previously placed in the genus Leptotyphlops. All members of this genus are endemic to the island of Hispaniola (in the Dominican Republic and Haiti).
| Mitophis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Leptotyphlopidae |
| Subfamily: | Epictinae |
| Genus: | Mitophis Hedges, Adalsteinsson, & Branch, 2009 |
Species
editThe genus contains the following species:[1]
- Mitophis asbolepis
- Mitophis calypso, Samana threadsnake
- Mitophis leptepileptus, Haitian border threadsnake
- Mitophis pyrites, Thomas's blind snake
References
edit- ^ " Mitophis ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.