''Madatyphlops'' is a

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snake Snakes are elongated, limbless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes . Like all other squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales. Many species of snakes have skulls with several more j ...

s in the

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

Typhlopidae The Typhlopidae are a family of blind snakes. They are found mostly in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, the Americas, and all mainland Australia and various islands. The rostral scale overhangs the mouth to form a shovel-like burrowing str ...

Geographic range

The 15 species of the genus ''Madatyphlops'' are found mostly on

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, but also occur on the

Comoro Islands The Comoro Islands or Comoros (Shikomori ''Komori''; ar, جزر القمر , ''Juzur al-qamar''; french: Les Comores) form an archipelago of volcanic islands situated off the southeastern coast of Africa, to the east of Mozambique and northwes ...

. A fossil species occurred on

Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label= Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It ...

Species

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Madatyphlops albanalis ''Madatyphlops'' is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae. Geographic range The 15 species of the genus ''Madatyphlops'' are found mostly on Madagascar, but also occur on the Comoro Islands. A fossil species occurred on Mauritius. Species ...

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Madatyphlops andasibensis ''Madatyphlops'' is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae. Geographic range The 15 species of the genus ''Madatyphlops'' are found mostly on Madagascar, but also occur on the Comoro Islands. A fossil species occurred on Mauritius. Species ...

'' *'' Madatyphlops arenarius'' *'' Madatyphlops boettgeri'' *'' Madatyphlops cariei'' – extinct *'' Madatyphlops comorensis'' *'' Madatyphlops decorsei'' *'' Madatyphlops domerguei'' *'' Madatyphlops eudelini'' *'' Madatyphlops madagascariensis'' *''

Madatyphlops microcephalus ''Madatyphlops'' is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae. Geographic range The 15 species of the genus ''Madatyphlops'' are found mostly on Madagascar, but also occur on the Comoro Islands. A fossil species occurred on Mauritius. Species ...

'' *'' Madatyphlops mucronatus'' *'' Madatyphlops ocularis'' *'' Madatyphlops rajeryi'' *'' Madatyphlops reuteri'' ''

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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Madatyphlops''.

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