Mann's worm snake
| 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: | Afrotyphlops |
| Species: | A. manni
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| Binomial name | |
| Afrotyphlops manni Loveridge, 1941
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Mann's worm snake (Afrotyphlops manni) is a species of blind snake in the family Typhlopidae.[2][3] The species is endemic to West Africa.
Etymology
The specific name, manni, is in honor of American entomologist William Montana Mann.[4]
Geographic range
It is found in Guinea and Liberia.[5]
References
- ^ Rödel , M.-O., Branch, W.R., Penner, J. & Ineich, I. 2013. Afrotyphlops manni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T22476010A18191899. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T22476010A18191899.en. Downloaded on 03 August 2018.
- ^ "Typhlops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- ^ McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp.
- ^ Beolens, Bo, Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson (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).
- ^ "Afrotyphlops manni ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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).