| Mann's worm snake | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1) | |
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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Letheobia manni Loveridge, 1941 | |
| Synonyms | |
Mann's worm snake (Letheobia manni) is a species of blind snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to West Africa.
Etymology
The specific name, manni, is in honor of William Montana Mann, who was an American entomologist and zoo director.
Geographic range
L. manni is found in Guinea and Liberia.
Reproduction
L. manni is oviparous.
References
- 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.
- ^ 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
- 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).
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Typhlops manni | |
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