Ovophis makazayazaya

Taxonavigation

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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 makazayazaya

Name

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Holotype: not designated, a 724 mm ♀, collected by S. Takahashi on 15 June 1922, location unknown.

Type locality: “Makazayazaya, Formosa [= Taiwan]”.

Combinations

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  • Trimeresurus makazayazaya Takahashi, 1922: pl. 4 [original combination]
  • Trimeresurus monticora [sic] makazayazayaTakahashi, 1930: unnumbered page (58) [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
  • Ovophis monticola makazayazayaHoge & Romano-Hoge, 1981: 246 [subsequent combination]
  • Ovophis makazayazayaMalhotra, Dawson, Guo & Thorpe, 2011: 454 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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English: Taiwan Mountain Pitviper