T. boueti T. luticolus Typhlosynbranchus is a genus of swamp eels that are native to West and Central Africa.

It contains two species that were formerly classified in the primarily Asian genus Monopterus.

[1][2][3] The genus was originally formed by Jacques Pellegrin in 1922 for the Liberian swamp eel, but later studies synonymized it with Monopterus.

However, a 2020 study found significant divergence between the two taxa and revived the genus for M. boueti and the recently described M.

[1] One of the two species, T. boueti, is primarily found in aquatic environments, while the other (T. luticolus) has a fossorial lifestyle in inundated soil.