Mitophis

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Superfamilia: Typhlopoidea

Familia: Leptotyphlopidae
Subfamilia: Epictinae
Genus: Mitophis
Species (4): M. asbolepis – M. calypso – M. leptepileptus – M. pyrites
Name

Mitophis Hedges, Adalsteinsson & Branch in Adalsteinsson et al., 2009: 22

Type species: Leptotyphlops pyrites Thomas, 1965, by original designation.

References
Primary references

Adalsteinsson, S.A., Branch, W.R., Trape, S., Vitt, L.J. & Hedges, S.B. 2009. Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of snakes of the Family Leptotyphlopidae (Reptilia, Squamata). Zootaxa 2244: 1–50. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Mitophis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 January 2020.

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.

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.