Ovophis malhotrae ZENG, LI, LIU, WU, HOU, ZHAO, NGUYEN, GUO & SHI, 2023

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Higher Taxa	Viperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Ovophis malhotrae ZENG, LI, LIU, WU, HOU, ZHAO, NGUYEN, GUO & SHI 2023 Ovophis monticola — YANG & RAO 2008
Distribution	China (Pingbian and Jinping, Yunnan) and Vietnam Type locality: Pingbian Co., Yunnan, China
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: YBU 19103, adult femal, collected by Guanghui Zhong et al. in 2019
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Ovophis malhotrae sp. nov. can be distinguished from its congeners by having (1) 2nd supralabial separated from the loreal scale; (2) 3rd supralabial larger than 4th; (3) internasal scales separated by two small scales; (5) dorsal scales in 27-23-19 rows; (6) subcaudal scale count of 47, paired (Zeng et al. 2023).
Comment
Etymology	The new species is named after Dr. Anita Malhotra from Bangor University, UK in recognition of her great contribution to the molecular systematics and morphological evolution of Asian pitvipers.
References	Yang DT, Rao DQ. 2008. Amphibia and Reptilia of Yunnan. Kunming: Yunnan Publishing Group Corporation, 1-411. (in Chinese) 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, 358– 369 - get paper here
External links	National Center for Biotechnology Information http://zoobank.org/Urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:1DF84440-D406-4B3D-925D… Google images

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