Biology:Ovophis
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Short description: Genus of snakes
| Ovophis | |
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| Ovophis monticola | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Subfamily: | Crotalinae |
| Genus: | Ovophis Burger, 1981 |
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- Common names: mountain pit vipers.
Ovophis is a genus of venomous pitvipers found in Asia.[1] Seven species are currently recognized.[2]
Geographic range
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
| 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. makazayazaya | (Takahashi, 1922) | 0 | Taiwan mountain pitviper | Southeastern 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 and Tibet), 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]
Taxonomy
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 .
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN:1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN:1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Ovophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634416. Retrieved 4 November 2006.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ovophis. |
- Ovophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 December 2007.
Wikidata ☰ Q2175992 entry
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