Mann's worm snake (Letheobia manni) is a species of blind snake in the family Typhlopidae.McDiarmid, Roy W.; Campbell, Jonathan A.; Touré, T'Shaka A. (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. The species is native to West Africa.
Etymology The specific name, manni, is in honor of William Montana Mann, who was an American entomologist and zoo director.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Typhlops manni, p. 167).
Description Letheobia manni has a broad, trilobate snout. It has 26 rows of scales around the body at midbody. The total length (tail included) is 40 times the diameter of the body at midbody.
Geographic range Letheobia manni is found in Guinea and Liberia,. www.reptile-database.org. at altitudes from sea level to .
Reproduction Letheobia manni is oviparous.
References
Further reading (Letheobia manni, new combination). Loveridge, Arthur (1941). "Report on the Smithsonian-Firestone Expedition's collection of reptiles and amphibians from Liberia". Proceedings of the United States National Museum 91: 113–139. (Typhlops manni, new species, p. 118). (Afrotyphlops manni, new combination). 896 pp. (in French).