Mann's worm snake
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| Mann's worm snake | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Typhlopidae |
| Genus: | Letheobia |
| Species: | L. manni
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| Binomial name | |
| Letheobia manni Loveridge, 1941
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Mann's worm snake (Letheobia manni) is a species of blind snake in the family Typhlopidae.[3][4] The species is native to West Africa.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, manni, is in honor of William Montana Mann, who was an American entomologist and zoo director.[5]
Description
[edit]Letheobia manni has a broad, trilobate snout. It has 26 rows of scales around the body at midbody. The total length (tail included) is 40 times the diameter of the body at midbody.[2]
Geographic range
[edit]Letheobia manni is found in Guinea and Liberia,[2] at altitudes from sea level to 500 m (1,600 ft).[1]
Reproduction
[edit]Letheobia manni is oviparous.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c d Species Letheobia manni at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
[edit]- Hedges, S.B.; Marion, A.B.; Lipp, K.M.; Marin, J.; Vidal, N. (2014). "A taxonomic framework for typhlopid snakes from the Caribbean and other regions (Reptilia, Squamata)". Caribbean Herpetology. 49: 1–61. (Letheobia manni, new combination).
- Loveridge, Arthur (1941). "Report on the Smithsonian-Firestone Expedition's collection of reptiles and amphibians from Liberia". Proceedings of the United States National Museum 91: 113–139. (Typhlops manni, new species, p. 118).
- Pyron, R.A.; Wallach, V. (2014). "Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence". Zootaxa. 3829 (1): 1–81. (Afrotyphlops manni, new combination).
- Trape, J.-F. (2023). Guide des serpents d'Afrique occidentale, central et d'Afrique du Nord. Marseille: IRD Éditions. ISBN 978-2-7099-2976-9. 896 pp. (in French).