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Distribution

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Continent: Caribbean
Distribution: Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic)
Type locality: Cap-HaÃ¯tien, DÃ©partement du Nord, Haiti.

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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.

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

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

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

A. manni is oviparous.^[3]

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ 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).
^ ^a ^b Amphisbaena manni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.

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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.