Amphisbaena manni BARBOUR, 1914
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Higher Taxa | Amphisbaenidae, Amphisbaenia, Lacertoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Hispaniolan Dwarf Wormlizard, Mann's Worm Lizard |
Synonym | Amphisbaena manni BARBOUR 1914: 318 Amphisbaena manni — SCHMIDT 1921 Amphisbaena manni — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 561 Amphisbaena manni — THOMAS & HEDGES 2006 |
Distribution | Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic)
Type locality: Cap-Haïtien, Département du Nord, Haiti.
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: MCZ 8645. |
Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (668 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | Illustrations: Cochran, 1941; Gans and Alexander, 1962. |
Etymology | Named after William Montana Mann (1886-1960), who ran away from home to join the circus. The circus owner, John Ringling, advised him to get an education "instead. Mann followed that advice. |
References |
- Barbour, Thomas 1914. A Contribution to the Zoögeography of the West Indies, with Especial Reference to Amphibians and Reptiles. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy 44 (2): 205-359 - get paper here
- Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
- Cochran, D.M. 1941. The herpetology of Hispaniola. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 177: vii + 398 pp. - get paper here
- Falcione, Camila and Alejandra Hernando 2010. A new karyotypic formula for the genus Amphisbaena (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae). Phyllomedusa 9 (1): 75-80 - get paper here
- Gans, Carl & Alexander, A. Allen 1962. Studies on amphisbaenids (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia). 2. On the amphisbaenids of the Antilles. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 128 (3): 65-158 - get paper here
- Schmidt, K. P. 1921. Notes on the herpetology of Santo Domingo. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 44: 7-20. - get paper here
- Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
- Thomas, R. & Hedges, S.B. 2006. Two New Species of Amphisbaena (Reptilia: Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from the Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti. Carib. J. Sci. 42 (2): 208-219 - get paper here
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