Ovophis tonkinensis

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 tonkinensis

Name

Ovophis tonkinensis (Bourret, 1934)

• Holotype: HNUV R560 (formerly M.261), collected by R. Bourret between 1930–1931.
• Type locality: “Chapa, province de Laokay (Tonkin), l’Indochine française, à l’altitude moyenne de 1.600m”.

Combinations

• Trimeresurus tonkinensis Bourret, 1934: 138 [original combination]
• Ovophis tonkinensis — Burger in Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1981 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Bourret, R. 1934. Notes herpétologiques sur l'Indochine francaise. I. Ophidiens de Chapa. Bulletin general de l'instruction publique 13(7): 129–138. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Ovophis tonkinensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 October 2019.
• Stuart, B. & Nguyen, T.Q. 2012. IUCN: Ovophis tonkinensis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T192179A2051761. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192179A2051761.en

Vernacular names

English: Tonkin Pit Viper