Common names: mountain pit vipers. Ovophis is a genus of pit vipers found in Asia. Seven species are currently recognized.
Geographic range Found in Asia in Nepal and Seven Sisters (Assam), India, eastward through Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China, West Malaysia, Taiwan, Okinawa, Sumatra and Borneo.
Species SpeciesTaxon authorSubsp.*Common nameGeographic rangeO. anitaeDavid, Fretey & Vogel, 20240 Pingbian mountain pitviperChina and Vietnam.O. convictus(Stolickza, 1870)0Indo-Malayan mountain pit viperSumatra, Cambodia; Laos, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.O. jenkinsiQiu, Wang, Xia, Jiang, Zeng, Wang, Li & Shi, 20240Jenkins’ mountain pit viperChina.O. makazayazaya(Takahashi, 1922)0Taiwan mountain pit viper South-eastern China, Taiwan, and northern Vietnam.O. monticolaT(Günther, 1864)2 Chinese mountain pit viperNepal, India (Assam, Sikkim), Myanmar, China (Zhejiang, Fujian, Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet and Hong Kong), Taiwan, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, West Malaysia, and Sumatra in Indonesia.O. okinavensis(Boulenger, 1892)0Okinawa pit viperJapan (Ryukyu Islands: Okinawa and the Amami Islands).O. tonkinensis(Bourret, 1934)0Tonkin pit viperVietnam and China.O. zayuensis(Jiang, 1977)0Zayuan mountain pit viperChina and India.O. zhaoermiiLiu, Hou, Mo, Li, Li, Luo, Rao & Li, 20250 Guanyinshan mountain pitviperChina. *) Not including the nominate subspecies. T) Type species.
Taxonomy Species placed in this group have long been associated with the genus Trimeresurus. One other species that is included in some other taxonomies is O. tonkinensis (Bourret, 1934). It is commonly called the Tonkin pit viper and is found in Vietnam and China.
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