Ovophis

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Ovophis
Species (6): O. convictus – O. makazayazaya – O. monticola – O. okinavensis – O. tonkinensis – O. zayuensis
Name

Ovophis Burger, 1981
Vernacular names
English: Mountain Pit Vipers

Ovophis is a genus of venomous pitvipers found in Asia.[1] Six 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. convictus	(Stolickza, 1870)	0	Indo-Malayan mountain pitviper	Sumatra, Cambodia; Laos, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
O. makazayazaya	(Takahashi, 1922)	0	Taiwan mountain pitviper	Southeastern China, Taiwan, and northern Vietnam.
O. monticolaT	(Günther, 1864)	2	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.
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.

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*) 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.
References

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).
"Ovophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 4 November 2006.