Fimbrios
Genus of snakes
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Fimbrios is a genus of snakes of the family Xenodermidae.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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.[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, Doan & T.Q. 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]
Morphology
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]
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