Ovophis jenkinsi QIU, WANG, XIA, JIANG, ZENG, WANG, LI & SHI, 2024
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Ovophis jenkinsi
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| Higher Taxa | Viperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Jenkins’ mountain pitviper Chinese: 盈江烙铁头蛇 (yíng jiāng lào tiě tóu shé) |
| Synonym | Ovophis jenkinsi QIU, WANG, XIA, JIANG, ZENG, WANG, LI & SHI 2024: 177 |
| Distribution | China (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 | |
| Types | Holotype. 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 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: 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. Additional details (6101 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after Robert “Hank” William Garfield Jenkins AM (August 1947–September 2023), a herpetologist and former chairman of the CITES Animals Committee from Australia, with a passion for snakes, especially pitvipers, and helped China, along with many Asian countries, complete snake census, conservation, and management projects. |
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