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|''[[Ovophis chaseni|O. chaseni]]''
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|Mountain pit viper
|[[Nepal]], [[India]] ([[Assam]], [[Sikkim]]), [[Myanmar]], [[Tibet]], [[China]] ([[Chekiang]], [[
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|''[[Ovophis okinavensis|O. okinavensis]]''
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|Okinawa pit viper
|[[Japan]] ([[Ryukyu Islands]]: [[Okinawa]] and the [[Amami Islands]]).
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- Common names: mountain pit vipers.
Ovophis is a genus of venomous pitvipers found in Asia.[1] Three species are currently recognized.[2]
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] |
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| O. chaseni | (M.A. Smith, 1931) | 0 | Mount Kinabalu pit viper | Borneo in Indonesia: northern Sabah in the region of Mount Kinabalu. |
| O. monticolaT | (Günther, 1864) | 4 | Mountain pit viper | Nepal, India (Assam, Sikkim), Myanmar, Tibet, China (Chekiang, Fujian, 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.
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.
See also
- List of crotaline species and subspecies
- Crotalinae by common name
- Crotalinae by taxonomic synonyms
- Snakebite
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.