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

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Higher TaxaViperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymOvophis malhotrae ZENG, LI, LIU, WU, HOU, ZHAO, NGUYEN, GUO & SHI 2023
Ovophis monticola — YANG & RAO 2008 
DistributionChina (Pingbian and Jinping, Yunnan) and Vietnam

Type locality: Pingbian Co., Yunnan, China  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: YBU 19103, adult femal, collected by Guanghui Zhong et al. in 2019 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: 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).


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Comment 
EtymologyThe 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
  • 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
  • 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
 
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