Mann's worm lizard
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Amphisbaena
Species:
A. manni
Binomial name
Amphisbaena manni
Barbour, 1914

Mann's worm lizard (Amphisbaena manni), also known commonly as the Hispaniolan dwarf wormlizard, is a species of worm lizard in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to the island of Hispaniola.

Etymology

The specific name, manni, is in honor of American entomologist William Montana Mann.[2]

Geographic range

A. manni is found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.[3]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of A. manni is forest.[1]

Reproduction

A. manni is oviparous.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Hedges B, Inchaustegui S, Landestoy M (2016). "Amphisbaena manni (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T74857162A115481185. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T74857162A75171331.en. Downloaded on 17 March 2019.
  2. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Amphisbaena manni, p. 167).
  3. 1 2 Amphisbaena manni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.

Further reading

  • Barbour T (1914). "A Contribution to the Zoögeography of the West Indies, with Especial Reference to Amphibians and Reptiles". Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 44 (2): 205-359 + one plate. (Amphisbaena manni, new species, pp. 318–319).
  • Gans C, Alexander AA (1962). "Studies on amphisbaenids (Reptilia, Amphisbaenia). 2. On the amphisbaenids of the Antilles". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 128 (3): 65-158 + Plates 1–12. (Amphisbaena manni, pp. 113–121, Figures 22–26).
  • Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN 978-0813010496. (Amphisbaena manni, p. 561).
  • Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Amphisbaena manni, p. 168).



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