Fimbrios
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
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
The genus Fimbrios is endemic to Southeast Asia.[1]
Species
The following two species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Fimbrios klossi M.A. Smith, 1921 – Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam
- Fimbrios smithi Ziegler, David, Miralles, Van Kien & Nguyen, 2008 – Vietnam
Etymology
The specific names, klossi and smithi, are in honor of English zoologist Cecil Boden Kloss and British herpetologist Malcolm Arthur Smith, respectively.[2]
References
- ^ 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).
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).