Ovophis

Ovophis
Ovophis monticola
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Common names: mountain pit vipers.

Ovophis is a genus of pit vipers found in Asia. Seven species are currently recognized.

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.

Species

Species Taxon author Subsp.* Common name Geographic range
O. anitae David, Fretey & Vogel, 2024 0 Pingbian mountain pitviper China and Vietnam.
O. convictus (Stolickza, 1870) 0 Indo-Malayan mountain pit viper Sumatra, Cambodia; Laos, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
O. jenkinsi Qiu, Wang, Xia, Jiang, Zeng, Wang, Li & Shi, 2024 0 Jenkins’ mountain pit viper China.
O. makazayazaya (Takahashi, 1922) 0 Taiwan mountain pit viper South-eastern China, Taiwan, and northern 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 and India.
O. zhaoermii Liu, Hou, Mo, Li, Li, Luo, Rao & Li, 2025 0 Guanyinshan mountain pitviper China.

*) Not including the nominate subspecies.
T) Type species.

Taxonomy

Species placed in this group have long been associated with the genus Trimeresurus. 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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. 1 2 3 4 "Ovophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 4 November 2006.