Ovophis is a genusofvenomous pit vipers found in Asia.[1] Seven species are currently recognized.[2]
Ovophis | |
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Ovophis monticola | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Viperidae |
Subfamily: | Crotalinae |
Genus: | Ovophis Burger, 1981 |
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Found in Asia in Nepal and Seven Sisters (Assam), India, eastward through Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China, West Malaysia, Taiwan, Okinawa, Sumatra and Borneo.[1]
Species[2] | Taxon author[2] | Subsp.*[2] | Common name | Geographic range[1] |
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O. convictus | (Stolickza, 1870) | 0 | Indo-Malayan mountain pitviper | Sumatra, Cambodia; Laos, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. |
O. jenkinsi | Qiu, Wang, Xia, Jiang, Zeng, Wang, Li & Shi, 2024 | 0 | Jenkins’ mountain pitviper | China. |
O. makazayazaya | (Takahashi, 1922) | 0 | Taiwan mountain pitviper | South-eastern China, Taiwan, and northern Vietnam. |
O. malhotrae | Zeng, Li, Liu, Wu,-Y., Hou, Zhao, Nguyen, Guo, & Shi, 2023 | 0 | China and Vietnam. | |
O. monticolaT | (Günther, 1864) | 2 | Chinese Mountain pit viper | Nepal, India (Assam, Sikkim), Myanmar, China (Zhejiang, Fujian, Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet and Hong Kong), Taiwan, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, West Malaysia, and Sumatra in Indonesia. |
O. okinavensis | (Boulenger, 1892) | 0 | Okinawa pit viper | Japan (Ryukyu Islands: Okinawa and the Amami Islands). |
O. tonkinensis | (Bourret, 1934) | 0 | Tonkin pit viper | Vietnam and China. |
O. zayuensis | (Jiang, 1977) | 0 | Zayuan mountain pit viper | China. |
*) Not including the nominate subspecies.
T) Type species.[1]
Species placed in this group have long been associated with the genus Trimeresurus.[1] One other species that is included in some other taxonomies is O. tonkinensis (Bourret, 1934). It is commonly called the Tonkin pit viper and is found in Vietnam and China.