title: Chalixodytes
text: # Chalixodytes
  
  Chalixodytes is a genus of sandburrowers native to the Indian and the Pacific oceans.
  
  ## Species
  
  There are currently two recognized species in this genus:
  
  * Chalixodytes chameleontoculis J. L. B. Smith, 1957 (Sand dart)
  * Chalixodytes tauensis L. P. Schultz, 1943 (Saddled sandburrower)
  
  C. chameleontoculis is regarded by many authorities as a synonym of C. tauensis, which would mean that this genus is monotypic.
  
  