Ovophis zhaoermii LIU, HOU, MO, LI, LI, LUO, RAO & LI, 2025
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Ovophis zhaoermii
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| Higher Taxa | Viperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Guanyinshan mountain pitviper” Chinese: 观音山烙铁头蛇 (Pinyin: guān yīn shān lào tiě tóu shé) |
| Synonym | Ovophis zhaoermii LIU, HOU, MO, LI, LI, LUO, RAO & LI 2025: 293 |
| Distribution | China (Yunnan) Type locality: Yuanyang Guanyinshan Provincial Nature Reserve, Yuanyang County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China (23°1'43"N, 102°56'11"E; 2400 m a.s.l.). |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. KIZ2024078, adult male, collected on 23 July 2024 by Shuo Liu. Paratypes. • KIZ2023041, adult male, collected on 16 May 2023, and KIZ2024079–KIZ2024080, two adult males, collected on 16 July 2024, all by Shuo Liu from the same locality as the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (n=4): Ratio of tail length to total length 0.191–0.206, internasals separated by one or two scales, second supralabial bordering loreal pit, dorsal scales in 22-21-17 rows, ventrals 146–148, subcaudals 57–64, 3–11 subcaudals unpaired and other subcaudals paired, third supralabial larger than fourth, dorsal surface of head unpatterned, dorsal surface of body brownish-black or reddish-brown with rectangular black blotches, series of white spots on dorsal surface of tail continuous, iris off-white with a black mesh pattern. (Liu et al. 2025) Additional details (5847 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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