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''Mitophis'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of snakes in the family
Leptotyphlopidae The Leptotyphlopidae (commonly called slender blind snakes or thread snakes) are a family of small snakes found in North America, South America, Africa and Asia. All are fossorial and adapted to burrowing, feeding on ants and termites. Two subfa ...
. All of the species were previously placed in the genus ''
Leptotyphlops ''Leptotyphlops'' is a genus of nonvenomous blind snakes, commonly known as slender blind snakes and threadsnakes, in the family Leptotyphlopidae. The genus is endemic to and found throughout Africa. Eleven species have been moved to the genus ...
''. All members of this genus are endemic to the island of
Hispaniola Hispaniola (, also ) is an island between Geography of Cuba, Cuba and Geography of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and the second-largest by List of C ...
(in the
Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Puerto Rico to the east and ...
and
Haiti Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...
).


Species

The genus contains the following species:" ''Mitophis'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. * ''
Mitophis asbolepis ''Mitophis asbolepis'' is an endangered species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. (series) ...
'' * ''
Mitophis calypso ''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). S ...
'', Samana threadsnake * ''
Mitophis leptepileptus The Haitian border threadsnake (''Mitophis leptepileptus'') is a possibly extinct species of snake in the family LeptotyphlopidaeMcDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. ...
'', Haitian border threadsnake * ''
Mitophis pyrites Thomas's blind snake (''Mitophis pyrites'') is an endangered species of snake in the family Leptotyphlopidae.McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' Leag ...
'', Thomas's blind snake


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2778733 Snake genera Taxa named by Stephen Blair Hedges Taxa named by Solny A. Adalsteinsson Taxa named by William Roy Branch Snakes of the Caribbean