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Ovophis

Ovophis

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
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.

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

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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]	Authority^[2]	Subsp.*^[2]	Common name	Geographic range^[1]
O. chaseni	(Smith, 1931)	0	Mount Kinabalu pit viper	Borneo in Indonesia: northern Sabah in the region of Mount Kinabalu.
O. monticola^T	(Günther, 1864)	4	Mountain pit viper	Nepal, India (Assam, Sikkim), Myanmar, Tibet, China (Chekiang, Fukien, Szechwan, Yunnan and Xizang), Hong Kong, Taiwan, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, West Malaysia, Singapore and Sumatra in Indonesia.
O. okinavensis	(Boulenger, 1892)	0	Okinawa pit viper	Japan (Ryukyu Islands: Okinawa and the Amami Islands).

*) Not including the nominate subspecies (typical form).
^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 (TSN 634416). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 4 November 2006.

Category: Crotalinae

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