Fimbrios
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Xenodermidae |
| Genus: | Fimbrios M.A. Smith, 1921 |
Fimbrios is a genus of snakes of the family Xenodermidae.[1]
Geographic range
[edit]The genus Fimbrios is endemic to Southeast Asia.[1]
Species
[edit]The following two species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Fimbrios klossi M.A. Smith, 1921 – Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam
- Fimbrios smithi Ziegler, David, Miralles, Doan & T.Q. Nguyen, 2008 – Vietnam
Etymology
[edit]The specific names, klossi and smithi, are in honor of English zoologist Cecil Boden Kloss and British herpetologist Malcolm Arthur Smith, respectively.[2]
Morphology
[edit]The genus 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, dorsal scales elliptical, keeled, in 24 to 33 rows at midbody, those of the outer row enlarged; ventrals large, rounded; subcaudals unpaired; tail moderate.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Fimbrios at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 July 2020.
- ^ 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).
- ^ Ziegler T, David P, Miralles A, Doan VK, Nguyen TQ (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): 37–48. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1729.1.4. (Fimbrios smithi, new species).
Further reading
[edit]- 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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