Ovophis

Ovophis is a genus of venomous pitvipers found in Asia.[1] Six species are currently recognized.[2]

Ovophis
Ovophis monticola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Subfamily: Crotalinae
Genus: Ovophis
Burger, 1981
Synonyms
  • Ovophis Burger
    In Romano-Hoge, 1981    [1]
Common names: mountain pit vipers.

Geographic range

Found in Asia in Nepal and Seven Sisters (Assam), India, eastward through Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, West Malaysia, Taiwan, Okinawa, Sumatra and Borneo.[1]

Species
Species[2] Taxon author[2] Subsp.*[2] Common name Geographic range[1]
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. monticolaT (Günther, 1864) 2 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. 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. "Ovophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 4 November 2006.
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