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Found in [[Asia]] in [[Nepal]] and [[Seven Sister States|Seven Sisters]] ([[Assam]]), [[India]], eastward through [[Myanmar]], [[Cambodia]], [[Thailand]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]], [[West Malaysia]], [[Taiwan]], [[Okinawa]], [[Sumatra]] and [[Borneo]].<ref name="McD99"/> |
Found in [[Asia]] in [[Nepal]] and [[Seven Sister States|Seven Sisters]] ([[Assam]]), [[India]], eastward through [[Myanmar]], [[Cambodia]], [[Thailand]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]], [[China]],[[West Malaysia]], [[Taiwan]], [[Okinawa]], [[Sumatra]] and [[Borneo]].<ref name="McD99"/> |
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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
- ^ a b c d e f 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).
- ^ a b c d "Ovophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 4 November 2006.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ovophis.
- Ovophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 December 2007.