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|''[[Ovophis chaseni|O. chaseni]]''
|''[[Ovophis chaseni|O. chaseni]]''
|([[Malcolm Arthur Smith|M.A. Smith]], 1931)
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|style="width:40%"|[[Borneo]] in [[Indonesia]]: northern [[Sabah]] in the region of [[Mount Kinabalu]].
|style="width:40%"|[[Borneo]] in [[Indonesia]]: northern [[Sabah]] in the region of [[Mount Kinabalu]].
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|''[[Ovophis monticola|O. monticola]]''<font size="-1"><sup>T</sup></font>
|([[Albert C. L. G. Günther|Günther]], 1864)
|([[Albert C. L. G. Günther|Günther]], 1864)
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|Mountain pit viper
|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.
|[[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.
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|''[[Ovophis okinavensis|O. okinavensis]]''
|''[[Ovophis okinavensis|O. okinavensis]]''
|([[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1892)
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|Okinawa pit viper
|Okinawa pit viper
|[[Japan]] ([[Ryukyu Islands]]: [[Okinawa]] and the [[Amami Islands]]).
|[[Japan]] ([[Ryukyu Islands]]: [[Okinawa]] and the [[Amami Islands]]).
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''*) Not including the nominate subspecies.''<br>
''*) Not including the nominate subspecies.''<br>

Revision as of 16:57, 16 October 2011

Ovophis
File:Ovophis-okinavensis.jpg
Ovophis okinavensis
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 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]
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

References

  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).
  2. ^ a b c d "Ovophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 4 November 2006.

External links

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