Ovophis

Ovophis okinavensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Ovophis
Species (11): O. anitae – O. convictus – O. jenkinsi – O. langbianus – O. makazayazaya – O. medogensis – O. monticola – O. okinavensis – O. tonkinensis – O. zayuensis – O. zhaoermii

Name

Ovophis Burger in Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1981

• Type species: Trimeresurus monticola Günther, 1864, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Hoge, A.R. & Romano-Hoge, S.A.R.W.L. 1981. Poisonous snakes of the world. Part I. Check-list of the pit vipers Viperoidea, Crotalinae. Memórias do Instituto Butantan 42/43: 179–310.

Additional references

• Zeng, Y.-M., Li, K., Liu, Q., Wu, Y.-Y., Hou, S.-B., Zhao, G.-G., Nguyen, S N., Guo, P. & Shi, L. 2023. New insights into the phylogeny and evolution of Chinese Ovophis (Serpentes, Viperidae): Inferred from multilocus data. Zoologica Scripta 52(4): 358–369. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12589 Reference page. 
• Qiu, X.-C., Wang, J.-Z., Xia, Z.-Y., Jiang, Z.-W., Zeng, Y., Wang, N., Li, P.-P. & Shi, J.-S. 2024. A new mountain pitviper of the genus Ovophis Burger in Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1981 (Serpentes, Viperidae) from Yunnan, China. Zookeys 1203: 173–187. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1203.119218 Reference page. 
• Liu, S., Hou, M., Mo, M.-Z., Li, M., Li, B., Luo, X., Rao, D.-Q. & Li, S. 2025. A new species of the genus Ovophis Burger in Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1981 (Serpentes, Viperidae) from southern Yunnan, China. ZooKeys 1230: 287–302. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1230.142967 Reference page. 
• Liao, L.-H., Shi, S.-C., Luo, Z.-H., Huang, Y., Lin, Y.-H., Giri, R. & Wang, B. 2026. A New Species of the Genus Ovophis Burger in Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1981 (Serpentes, Viperidae) from Xizang, China. Asian Herpetological Research 17(2): 122–133. DOI: 10.3724/ahr.2095-0357.2025.0067 Reference page. 
• Poyarkov, N.A., Idiiatullina, S.S., Ustinova, D.A., Bragin, A.M., Le, S.X., Pawangkhanant, P., Pham, H.M., Suwannapoom, C., David, P., Vogel, G. & Nguyen, T.V. 2026. A new species of the Ovophis tonkinensis species complex (Serpentes, Viperidae) from the Langbian Plateau, southern Vietnam. Herpetozoa 39: 325–342. DOI: 10.3897/herpetozoa.39.e206094 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Ovophis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 May 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Mountain Pit Vipers