Ovophis jenkinsi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Crotalinae
Genus: Ovophis
Species: Ovophis jenkinsi

Ovophis jenkinsi Qiu, Wang, Xia, Jiang, Zeng, Wang, Li & Shi, 2024: 177

Holotype: IOZ 002679, adult ♂, by Zhong-Wen Jiang and Xian-Chun Qiu in October 2023.
Type locality: “Tongbiguan Township, Yingjiang County, Yunnan Province, China (24°36′33″N, 97°39′29″E; 1,343 m a.s.l.)”.

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. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1203.119218 Reference page.

English: Jenkins’ Mountain Pitviper