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Taxonomy of the genus Xenotyphlops Biodiversity of the family Xenotyphlopidae

Bibliography of the genus
Xenotyphlops (Round-nosed Blind Snake)

(Reptilia: Serpentes: Xenotyphlopidae)

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Xenotyphlops grandidieri

Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1. Typhlopidae, Glauconiidae, Boidae, Ilysiidae, Uropeltidae, Xenopeltidae, Colubridae (aglyphae, part). Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London. 448 pp.

Mocquard, F. 1905. Diagnoses de quelques espèces nouvelles de reptiles. Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris) 11: 76-79.

Nagy, Z.T.; Marion, A.B.; Glaw, F.; Miralles, A.; Nopper, J.; Vences, M.; Hedges, S.B. 2015. Molecular systematics and undescribed diversity of Madagascan scolecophidian snakes (Squamata: Serpentes). Zootaxa 4040(1): 31-47.

Pyron, R.A.; Wallach, V. 2014. Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Zootaxa 3829(1): 001–081.

Vences, M.; Glaw, F.; Andreone, F. 2011. Xenotyphlops mocquardi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T172770A6914579. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172770A6914579.en.

Vences, M.; Raselimanana, A.; Rakotondravony, H.; Glaw, F. 2011. Xenotyphlops grandidieri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T172958A6948452. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172958A6948452.en.

Vidal, N.; Marin, J.; Morini, M.; Donnellan, S.; Branch, W.R.; Thomas, R.; Vences, M.; Addison, W.; Cruaud, C.; Hedges, S.B. 2010. Blindsnake evolutionary tree reveals long history on Gondwana. Biology Letters 6(4): 558-561.

Wallach, V.; Ineich, I. 1996. Redescription of a rare Malagasy blind snake, Typhlops grandidieri Mocquard, with placement in a new genus (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Journal of Herpetology 30(3): 367-376.

Wallach, V.; Mercurio, V.; Andreone, F. 2007. Rediscovery of the enigmatic Blind Snake genus Xenotyphlops in northern Madagascar, with description of a new species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Zootaxa 1402: 59-68.

Wegener, J.E.; Swoboda, S.; Hawlitschek, O.; Franzen, M.; Wallach, V.; Vences, M.; Nagy, Z.T.; Hedges, S.B.; Köhler, J.; Glaw, F. 2013. Morphological variation and taxonomic reassessment of the endemic Malagasy blind snake family Xenotyphlopidae (Serpentes, Scolecophidia). Spixiana 36(2): 269-282.