Ovophis malhotrae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

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

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

• Status:   nomen nudum  

Name

Ovophis malhotrae Zeng, Li, Liu, Wu, Guo & Shi in Zeng et al., 2023: S1

• Holotype: YBU 19103, adult ♀, collected in July 2019.
• Type locality: “Dawei Mountain (103°70′E, 22°96′N), Pingbian Miao Autonomous County, Yunnan Province, China, at an elevation of 1800 m”.
• Considered a nomen nudum by David, Frétey & Vogel (2024).

References

Primary 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. 
• David, P., Frétey, T. & Vogel, G. 2024. The status of the nomen "Ovophis malhotrae" (Squamata, Serpentes, Viperidae, Crotalinae). Bionomina 38(1): 55–61. DOI: 10.11646/bionomina.38.1.5 Reference page.