Ovophis
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| Ovophis | |
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| 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 |
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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]
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[edit] 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]
[edit] 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]
[edit] 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.
[edit] See also
- List of crotaline species and subspecies
- Crotalinae by common name
- Crotalinae by taxonomic synonyms
- Snakebite
[edit] 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. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634416. Retrieved 4 November 2006.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ovophis |
- Ovophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 December 2007.
