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Ovophis convictus (STOLICZKA, 1870)

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Higher TaxaViperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Indo-Malayan mountain pitviper
G: Indo-Malaiische Berg-Grubenotter 
SynonymTrimeresurus convictus STOLICZKA 1870: 224
Lachesis monticola (GÜNTHER 1864) (partim) — BOULENGER 1890
Trimeresurus monticola (partim) — BARBOUR 1912
Trimeresurus convictus — KLEMMER 1963
Ovophis monticola tonkinensis — BURGER 1971 (nec Trimeresurus tonkinensis BOURRET 1934)
Ovophis convictus — SMITH & CHISZAR 1988
Ovophis monticola convictus — GOLAY et al. 1993
Ovophis monticola convictus — GOLAY et al. 1993
Ovophis convictus — WELCH 1994: 95
Ovophis monticola convictus — COX et al. 1998: 24
Ovophis monticola convictus — GUMPRECHT et al. 2004
Ovophis convictus — DAS & YAAKOB 2007
Ovophis convictus — MALHOTRA et al. 2011
Ovophis convictus — DAVID & VOGEL 2012
Ovophis convictus — GUMPRECHT & VAN ISSEM 2013
Ovophis convictus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 513
Ovophis convictus — CHAN-ARD et al. 2015: 283 
DistributionIndonesia (Sumatra); Malaysia (West Malaysia)

Type locality: “Penang”, restricted to “near the top of the so called Western hill on Penang, at a elevation of about 2,400 feet” [= Pulau Penang, West Malaysia]  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: ZSI 3082 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: larger third than fourth supralabial, paired subcaudals, distinguished from other species sharing these character states by particularly low ventral (120–139) and subcaudal scale counts. [MALHOTRA et al. 2011, Appendix G] 
CommentVenomous! 
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