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Ovophis jenkinsi QIU, WANG, XIA, JIANG, ZENG, WANG, LI & SHI, 2024

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Higher TaxaViperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Jenkins’ mountain pitviper
Chinese: 盈江烙铁头蛇 (yíng jiāng lào tiě tóu shé) 
SynonymOvophis jenkinsi QIU, WANG, XIA, JIANG, ZENG, WANG, LI & SHI 2024: 177 
DistributionChina (Yunnan)

Type locality: Tongbiguan Township, Yingjiang County, Yunnan Province, China (24°36′33″N, 97°39′29″E; 1,343 m a.s.l.) (Fig. 4).  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. IOZ 002679, an adult male (Figs 2, 3). It was collected near the road by Zhong-Wen Jiang and Xian-Chun Qiu.
Paratype. IOZ 002680 and YJ201801, adult females from Tongbiguan Township, Yingjiang County, Yunnan Province, China (24°35′04″N, 97°41′13″E; 1,321 m a.s.l.) collected by Zhong-Wen Jiang and Xian-Chun Qiu in October 2023 and 2018; juveniles YJ201802 and YJ201803 from the same locality collected by Zhong-Wen Jiang in October 2018 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Ovophis jenkinsi sp. nov. can be distinguished by the following combination of morphological characters: (1) internasals in contact or separated by one small scale; (2) second supralabial entire and bordering the loreal pit; (3) dorsal scales in 23 (25)–21 (23, 25)–19 (17, 21) rows; (4) 134–142 ventrals; (5) 40–52 pairs of subcaudals; (6) third supralabial larger than fourth in all examined specimens of Ovophis jenkinsi sp. nov.; (7) deep orange-brown or dark brownish-grey markings on dorsal head surface; (8) background color of dorsal surface deep orange-brown or dark brownish-grey; (9) both sides of dorsum display dark brown trapezoidal patches; (10) scattered small white spots on dorsal surface of tail. 
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References
  • Qiu X-C, Wang J-Z, Xia Z-Y, Jiang Z-W, Zeng Y, Wang N, Li P-P, Shi J-S 2024. A new mountain pitviper of the genus Ovophis Burger in Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1981 (Serpentes, Viperidae) from Yunnan, China. ZooKeys 1203: 173-187 - get paper here
 
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