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Letheobia angeli (GUIBÉ, 1952)

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Higher TaxaTyphlopidae (Afrotyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Mann's Worm Snake 
SynonymTyphlops angeli GUIBÉ 1952: 79
Afrotyphlops angeli — PYRON & WALLACH 2014
Letheobia angeli — HEDGES et al. 2014
Afrotyphlops angeli — WALLACH et al. 2014: 13
Letheobia angeli — WALLACH & GEMEL 2018
Afrotyphlops angeli — CHIPPAUX & JACKSON 2019
Afrotyphlops angeli — SZYNDLAR & GEORGALIS 2023 
DistributionGuinea (Conakry)

Type locality: “Nzo, Mont-Nimba,500 m, French Guinea” (GUIBÉ 1952)  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 1951.0001 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy: previous authors (e.g. Roux-Estève 1974, Ineich 2003, Böhme et al. 2011) treat L. angeli as synonym of Typhlops manni. 
EtymologyNamed after F. Angel, French herpetologist. 
References
  • Böhme, Wolfgang, Mark-Oliver Rödel, Christian Brede & Philipp Wagner 2011. The reptiles (Testudines, Squamata, Crocodylia) of the forested southeast of the Republic Guinea (Guinée forestière), with a country-wide checklist. Bonn zoological Bulletin 60 (1): 35-61 - get paper here
  • Chippaux, Jean-Philippe & Kate Jackson 2019. Snakes of Central and Western Africa. Johns Hopkins University Press, 448 pp. [detaileld review in HR 51 (1): 161] - get paper here
  • Guibé, J. 1952. Typhlops Angeli (Serpent), New Species from Mount Nimba. Bull. Mus. nation. Hist. nat., Paris, (2) 24 (1): 79 - get paper here
  • Loveridge, Arthur 1941. Report on the Smithsonian-Firestone Expedition's collection of reptiles and amphibians from Liberia. Proc. US Natl. Mus. 91 (3128): 113-140 - get paper here
  • McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
  • Pyron, R.A. & Wallach, V. 2014. Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Zootaxa 3829 (1): 001–081 - get paper here
  • Szyndlar Z, Georgalis GL 2023. An illustrated atlas of the vertebral morphology of extant non-caenophidian snakes, with special emphasis on the cloacal and caudal portions of the column. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 717-886 - get paper here
  • Wallach, V. & Gemel, R. 2018. Typhlops weidholzi n. inedit., a new species of Letheobia from the republic of Cameroon, and a synopsis of the genus (Squamata: Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopidae). Herpetozoa 31 (1/2): 27 - 46 - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
 
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