Mann's worm snake

Mann's worm snake (Letheobia manni) is a species of blind snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4] The species is endemic to West Africa.

Mann's worm snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Typhlopidae
Genus: Letheobia
Species:
L. manni
Binomial name
Letheobia manni
Loveridge, 1941
Synonyms[2]
  • Typhlops manni
    Loveridge, 1941
  • Letheobia manni
    — Hedges et al., 2014
  • Afrotyphlos manni
    — Pyron & Wallach, 2014
  • Letheobia manni
    — Wallach & Gemel, 2018

Etymology

The specific name, manni, is in honor of William Montana Mann, who was an American entomologist and zoo director.[5]

Geographic range

L. manni is found in Guinea and Liberia.[2]

Reproduction

L. manni is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Rödel , M.-O.; Branch, W.R.; Penner, J.; Ineich, I. (2013). "Letheobia manni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T22476010A18191899. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T22476010A18191899.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Species Letheobia manni at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  3. "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  4. McDiarmid, Roy W.; Campbell, Jonathan A.; Touré, T'Shaka A. (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp.
  5. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Typhlops manni, p. 167).

Further reading
  • Loveridge, Arthur (1941). "Report on the Smithsonian-Firestone Expedition's collection of reptiles and amphibians from Liberia". Proc. United States Nat. Mus. 91: 113–139. (Typhlops manni, new species, p. 118).


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