Fimbrios

Fimbrios is a genus of snakes of the family Xenodermidae.[1]

Fimbrios
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]

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

  1. Fimbrios at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 July 2020.
  2. 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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