Mimophis

Mimophis is a genus of snakes in the family Lamprophiidae found in Madagascar.[1] Prior to 2017, the genus comprised only a single species, Mimophis mahfalensis. A second species, Mimophis occultus, was described in 2017.[1]

  • Mimophis mahfalensis (Grandidier, 1867)
  • Mimophis occultus Ruane, Myers, Lo, Yuen, Welt, Juman, Futterman, Nussbaum, Schneider, Burbrink & Raxworthy, 2017

Mimophis
Mimophis mahfalensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Lamprophiidae
Subfamily: Psammophiinae
Genus: Mimophis
Günther, 1868
Type species
Psammophis mahfalensis

References

  1. Mimophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 December 2018.
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