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Ovophis
	Ovophis monticola
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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;

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Common names: mountain pit vipers.

Ovophis is a genus of venomous pit vipers found in Asia.^[1] Seven species are currently recognized.^[2]

Geographic range[edit]

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[edit]

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	South-eastern China, Taiwan, and northern Vietnam.
O. malhotrae	Zeng, Li, Liu, Wu,-Y., Hou, Zhao, Nguyen, Guo, & Shi, 2023	0		China and Vietnam.
O. monticola^T	(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.

*) Not including the nominate subspecies.
^T) Type species.^[1]

Taxonomy[edit]

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[edit]

^ ^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[edit]

Ovophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 December 2007.

[McD99-1] ^ ^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).

[ITIS-2] "Ovophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 4 November 2006.

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 | taxon = Ovophis
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 :'''''Common names''': mountain pit vipers.''
-'''''Ovophis''''' is a [[genus]] of [[venomous snake|venomous]] [[Crotalinae|pitvipers]] found in [[Asia]].<ref name="McD99"/> Seven [[species]] are currently recognized.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=634416 |taxon=Ovophis |accessdate=4 November 2006}}</ref>
+'''''Ovophis''''' is a [[genus]] of [[venomous snake|venomous]] [[Crotalinae|pit vipers]] found in Asia.<ref name="McD99"/> Seven [[species]] are currently recognized.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=634416 |taxon=Ovophis |accessdate=4 November 2006}}</ref>
 ==Geographic range==
-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"/>
 ==Species==
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 |Taiwan mountain pitviper
-|Southeastern China, Taiwan, and northern Vietnam.
+|South-eastern China, Taiwan, and northern Vietnam.
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 |''[[Ovophis malhotrae|O. malhotrae]]''
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 |([[Albert C. L. G. Günther|Günther]], 1864)
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-|Mountain pit viper
+|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.
+|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.
 |-
 |''[[Ovophis okinavensis|O. okinavensis]]''
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 ==Taxonomy==
-Species placed in this group have long been associated with the genus ''[[Trimeresurus]]''.<ref name="McD99"/> One other species that is included in some other taxonomies is ''O. tonkinensis'' ([[René Léon Bourret|Bourret]], 1934). It is commonly called the Tonkin pit viper and is found in [[Vietnam]] and [[China]].
+Species placed in this group have long been associated with the genus ''[[Trimeresurus]]''.<ref name="McD99"/> One other species that is included in some other taxonomies is ''O. tonkinensis'' ([[René Léon Bourret|Bourret]], 1934). It is commonly called the Tonkin pit viper and is found in Vietnam and China.
 ==References==