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. Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 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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