Ovophis

Ovophis is a genus of pit vipers found in Asia.^[1] Seven species are currently recognized.^[2]

Ovophis
Ovophis monticola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Subfamily:	Crotalinae
Genus:	Ovophis Burger, 1981
Synonyms
Ovophis Burger In Romano-Hoge, 1981[1]

Common names: mountain pit vipers.

Geographic range

Found in Asia in Nepal and Seven Sisters (Assam), India, eastward through Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China, West Malaysia, Taiwan, Okinawa, Sumatra and Borneo.^[1]

Species

Species[2]	Taxon author[2]	Subsp.*[2]	Common name	Geographic range[1]
O. anitae	David, Fretey & Vogel, 2024	0		China and Vietnam.
O. convictus	(Stolickza, 1870)	0	Indo-Malayan mountain pit viper	Sumatra, Cambodia; Laos, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
O. jenkinsi	Qiu, Wang, Xia, Jiang, Zeng, Wang, Li & Shi, 2024	0	Jenkins’ mountain pit viper	China.
O. makazayazaya	(Takahashi, 1922)	0	Taiwan mountain pit viper	South-eastern China, Taiwan, and northern Vietnam.
O. monticolaT	(Günther, 1864)	2	Chinese Mountain pit viper	Nepal, India (Assam, Sikkim), Myanmar, China (Zhejiang, Fujian, Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet and 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.
O. zhaoermii	Liu, Hou, Mo, Li, Li, Luo, Rao & Li, 2025	0		China.

*) 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.