Fimbrios

Fimbrios is a genus of snakes of the family Xenodermidae.[2]

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Fimbrios
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Xenodermidae
Genus: Fimbrios
M.A. Smith, 1921

Geographic range

The genus Fimbrios is endemic to Southeast Asia.[2]

Species

The following two species are recognized as being valid.[2]

Etymology

The specific names, klossi and smithi, are in honor of English zoologist Cecil Boden Kloss and British herpetologist Malcolm Arthur Smith, respectively.[3]

Morphology

The Fimbrios has distinct morphological characteristics such as: 30 to 35 equal-sized maxillary teeth; head not distinct from neck, covered with large shields; eye small, with vertically subelliptic pupil; nostril in the anterior part of a large concave nasal; loreal very large, extending from the nasal to the eye; rostral being separated from the inter-nasals by a horizontal ridge of tissue; rostral, mental and labials with raised, erected edges; a single pair of enlarged chin shields; body slender, cylindrical, scales elliptical, keeled, in 24 to 33 rows at midbody, those of the outer row enlarged; ventrals large, rounded; subcaudals unpaired; tail moderate.[1]

References

  1. ZIEGLER, T. H. O. M. A. S., DAVID, P. A. T. R. I. C. K., MIRALLES, A. U. R. E. L. I. E. N., VAN KIEN, D. O. A. N., & Truong, N. Q. (2008). A new species of the snake genus Fimbrios from Phong Nha-Ke Bang national park, truong son, central Vietnam (Squamata: Xenodermatidae). Zootaxa, 1729(1), 37. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1729.1.4
  2. Fimbrios at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 July 2020.
  3. 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. (Fimbrios klossi, p. 143; Fimbrios smithi, p. 247).

Further reading

  • Smith MA (1921). "New or Little-known Reptiles and Batrachians from Southern Annam (Indo-China). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1921: 423-440 + Plates I-II. (Fimbrios, new genus, p. 425; F. klossi, new species, p. 425 + Plate I, figure 1).


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