Ovophis makazayazaya

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Ovophis
Species: Ovophis makazayazaya

Name

• Ovophis makazayazaya (Takahashi, 1922)

Holotype: not designated, a 724 mm ♀, collected by S. Takahashi on 15 June 1922, location unknown.

Type locality: “Makazayazaya, Formosa [= Taiwan]”.

Combinations

• Trimeresurus makazayazaya Takahashi, 1922: pl. 4 [original combination]
• Trimeresurus monticora [sic] makazayazaya — Takahashi, 1930: unnumbered page (58) [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
• Ovophis monticola makazayazaya — Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1981: 246 [subsequent combination]
• Ovophis makazayazaya — Malhotra, Dawson, Guo & Thorpe, 2011: 454 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

References

Primary references

• Takahashi, S. 1922. [Japanese venomous snakes] (In Japanese). Tabuchi Sekihan, Insatsuzyo: Taihoku. 32 pp. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Ovophis makazayazaya. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 January 2019.
• Lau, M., Zhou, Z. & Guo, P. 2012. IUCN: Ovophis makazayazaya  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T196010A2441839. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T196010A2441839.en

Vernacular names

English: Taiwan Mountain Pitviper