Fimbrios smithi ZIEGLER, DAVID, MIRALLES, VAN KIEN & QUANG TRUONG, 2008
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Fimbrios smithi
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| Higher Taxa | Xenodermidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Fimbrios smithi ZIEGLER, DAVID, MIRALLES, VAN KIEN & QUANG TRUONG 2008 Fimbrios smithi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 297 |
| Distribution | Vietnam (Quang Binh province) Type locality: Phong Nha—Ke Bang National Park, Cha Noi region, Quang Binh province, central Vietnam, elevation of ca. 350 m above sea level. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: IEBR 3157, an adult male, from , collected by Doan Van Kien and Nguyen Van Hoan on 15 May 2005. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A species of the genus Fimbrios, characterized by a combination of the following characters: 1) rostral, mental and first three to four labials with raised, everted edges; 2) rostral separated from the internasals by a horizontal ridge of tissue; 3) suture between the internasals longer than that between the prefrontals; 4) a single pair of enlarged chin shields; 5) one large loreal, that extends from the nasal to the eye; 6) one preocular, one supraocular, two postoculars, and two suboculars; 7) 31 rows of keeled scales at midbody (those of the outer row enlarged); 8) 193 laterally rounded ventrals; 9) 72 unpaired subcaudals; 10) a total length of at least 440 mm in males (with a tail length of 94 mm, and a tail / total length ratio of 0.214); 11) dorsum greyish brown; with a paler flank area, and pale blotches and stripes at the neck region. |
| Comment | Has been initially confused with Achalinus rufescens. |
| Etymology | Named after Malcolm A. Smith (1875-1958), British physician and herpetologist. See Tennison et al. 1959 for a biography and bibliography. |
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