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Letheobia manni (LOVERIDGE, 1941)

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Higher TaxaTyphlopidae (Afrotyphlopinae), Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Mann's Worm Snake 
SynonymTyphlops manni LOVERIDGE 1941: 118
Typhlops manni — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 110
Letheobia manni — HEDGES et al. 2014
Letheobia manni — TRAPE & BALDÉ 2014
Afrotyphlops manni — PYRON & WALLACH 2014
Afrotyphlops manni — WALLACH et al. 2014: 16
Letheobia manni — WALLACH & GEMEL 2018
Afrotyphlops manni — CHIPPAUX & JACKSON 2019
Afrotyphlops manni — SZYNDLAR & GEORGALIS 2023 
DistributionLiberia, Guinea (Conakry)

Type locality: “Harbel, Liberia” (LOVERIDGE 1941)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: USNM 109634 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: “Agrees with T. p. punctatus (including its Liberian synonyms of liberiensis Hallowell, nigrolineatus Hallowell, and intermedia Jan) in possessing 26 midbody scalerows. It differs from both T. p, punctatus and T. leucostictus in its broad and trilobate snout, lateral nostrils, absence of an ocular, and in its midbody diameter being included in its total length 40 times (instead of 24-36 times in punctatus, 45 in leucostictus). In addition, it differs from leucostictus in possessing 26 (instead of 22) midbody scalerows, a preocular as wide as a nasal, incompletely divided nasal, and — though probably of little significance — completely hidden eyes.” (Loveridge 1941) 
CommentSynonymy: Typhlops angeli GUIBÉ 1952 has been removed from the synonymy of A. manni.

Distribution: not listed by TRAPE & BALDÉ 2014. 
EtymologyNamed 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. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • 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
  • 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 - 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
  • Senter, P. J., & Chippaux, J. P. 2022. Biogeography of snakes in Liberia: Review and synthesis of current knowledge. Ghana Journal of Science, 63(1), 29-62 - 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
  • TRAPE, JEAN-FRANÇOIS & CELLOU BALDÉ 2014. A checklist of the snake fauna of Guinea, with taxonomic changes in the genera Philothamnus and Dipsadoboa (Colubridae) and a comparison with the snake fauna of some other West African countries. Zootaxa 3900 (3): 301–338 - 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
 
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