Fimbrios klossi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Xenodermoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Xenodermoidea

Fimbrios klossi Smith, 1921: 425.

Syntype: BMNH 1946.1.15.87 (form. MAS 2143), ♂ collected by M.A.Smith and C.B.Kloss, March-May 1917.
Syntype: BMNH 1946.1.15.88 (form. MAS 2145), ♂ (same collection data as previous specimen).
Syntype: BMNH 1965.1 (form. MAS 2144), ♀ (same collection data as previous specimen).

Type locality: “at Dalat and Camly at 1500 metres, on the Langbian Plateau, southern Annam (Indo-China)” = Da Lat (11°56'N, 108°28'E, 1485 m) and Cam Ly (12°01'N, 108°30'E, 1500 m) Lam Dong Province, S.Vietnam (restricted to Da Lat, S.Vietnam fide Orlov et al., 2003).

Smith, M.A. 1921. New or Little-known Reptiles and Batrachians from Southern Annam (Indo-China). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 91(2): 423–440. BHL Reference page.

Boundy, J. 2021. Snakes of the World: A Supplement. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 273 pp. ISBN 9781138618138 ebook Reference page.
Orlov, N.L., Ryabov, S.A., Nguyen, V.S. & Nguyen, T.Q. 2003. New records and data on the poorly known snakes of Vietnam. Russian Journal of Herpetology 10(3): 217–240. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2003-10-3-217-240 [nonfunctional] Reference page.
Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, including the whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. Taylor and Francis: London. xii + 583 pp., 166 text figures. PDF Reference page.
Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Fimbrios klossi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 September 2019.
Stuart, B. & Nguyen, T.Q. 2012. IUCN: Fimbrios klossi (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T190511A1954247. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T190511A1954247.en

English: Kloss's Bearded Snake