Kingdom Animalia Suborder Serpentes Subfamily Crotalinae Phylum Chordata Order Scaled reptiles | Subphylum Vertebrata Family Viperidae Scientific name Ovophis Rank Genus | |
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Lower classifications Ovophis monticola, Ovophis okinavensis, Ovophis chaseni | ||
Ovophis tonkinensis
Ovophis is a genus of venomous pitvipers found in Asia. Three species are currently recognized.
Contents
Birth of ovophis okinavensis the princess habu
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.
Species
*) Not including the nominate subspecies.
T) Type species.
Taxonomy
Species placed in this group have long been associated with the genus Trimeresurus. 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
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