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{{Short description|Genus of snakes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image=Mimophis mahfalensis 02.jpg
|image_caption=''[[Mimophis mahfalensis]]''
|taxon=Mimophis
|authority=[[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1868
|type_species=''[[Mimophis mahfalensis|Psammophis mahfalensis]]''
|type_species_authority= [[Alfred Grandidier|Grandidier]], 1867
}}
'''''Mimophis''''' is a [[genus]] of snakes in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Psammophiidae]]. [[Species]] in the genus are native to [[Madagascar]].<ref name=RDB-genus/> Prior to 2017, the genus comprised only a single species, ''[[Mimophis mahfalensis]]''. A second species, ''[[Mimophis occultus]]'', was [[species description|described]] in 2017.<ref name=RDB-genus/>
==Species==
The following species are recognized as being valid.<ref name=RDB-genus/>
*''[[Mimophis mahfalensis]]'' {{small|([[Alfred Grandidier|Grandidier]], 1867)}}
*''[[Mimophis occultus]]'' {{small|[[species:Sara Ruane|Ruane]], [[species:Edward A. Myers|Myers]], [[Kahmun Lo|Lo]], [[Sara Yuen|Yuen]], [[Rachel S. Welt|Welt]], [[Maya Juman|Juman]], [[India Futterman|Futterman]], [[Ronald Archie Nussbaum|Nussbaum]], [[Gregory Schneider|Schneider]], [[species:Frank T. Burbrink|Burbrink]] & [[species:Christopher John Razworthy|Raxworthy]], 2017}}
''[[Nota bene]]'': A [[Binomial nomenclature|binomial authority]] in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Mimophis''.
==References==
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<ref name=RDB-genus>{{NRDB genus|genus=Mimophis |date=8 December |year=2018}}</ref>
}}
==Further reading==
*[[Albert Günther|Günther A]] (1868). "Sixth Account of new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Fourth Series'' '''1''' (6): 413–429 + Plates XVII–XIX. (''Mimophis'', new genus, p. 421).
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[[Category:Psammophiidae]]
[[Category:Snake genera]]
[[Category:Reptiles of Madagascar]]
[[Category:Endemic fauna of Madagascar]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Albert Günther]]