Ovophis monticola

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Ovophis monticola

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Ovophis
Species:
O. monticola
Binomial name
Ovophis monticola
(
Günther
, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Parias maculata - Gray, 1853
  • Trimeresurus monticola - Günther, 1864
  • Crotalus Trimeres[urus]. monticola - Higgins, 1873
  • Trimeresurus monticola - Boulenger, 1890
  • Lachesis monticola - Boulenger, 1896
  • Trimeresurus monticola monticola - Mell, 1931
  • Agkistrodon monticola - Pope, 1932
  • Trimeresurus tonkinensis - Bourret, 1934 (possible nomen nudum)
  • Trimeresurus tonkinensis - Bourret, 1934
  • T[rimeresurus]. m[onticola]. tonkinensis - Deuve, 1970
  • Trimeresurus monticola - Saint-Girons, 1972
  • Ovophis monticola - Burger In Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1981
  • Ovophis monticola monticola - Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1981
  • Ovophis tonkinensis - Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1981
  • Ovophis tonkinensis - Golay et al., 1993
  • Ovophis monticola monticola - Orlov & Helfenberger, 1997[2]


Ovophis monticola, commonly known as the Chinese mountain pit viper, is a

IUCN has already evaluated O. m. makazayazaya as Ovophis makazayazaya.[5]

Description

Total length of males 49 cm (19+1⁄4 inches), of females 110 cm (43+1⁄4 inches); tail length of males 8 cm (3+1⁄8 inches), of females 15 cm (5+7⁄8 inches).[6]

The head has a short snout, a little more than twice the length of the diameter of the eye. The crown is covered by small scales rather than large shields, while the scales are usually smooth, feebly imbricate. The first

upper labials are beneath the eye, but separated from orbit by a series of 2-4 small scales.[6]

The body is stout. The

Malaysian Peninsula: 133-137 and 22-28 respectively [fide Smith 1943:509]).[6]

Common names

Mountain pitviper,[7] mountain viper, Chinese pit viper, spotted pit viper, Arisan habu,[8] Chinese mountain pit viper.[9] Bengali name: পাহাড়ী বোড়া.

Geographic range

Found in

type locality is described as "Sikkim" (India).[2]

Subspecies

Subspecies[3] Taxon author[3] Common name[7] Geographic range[7]
O. m. monticola (Günther, 1864) Mountain pitviper Bangladesh (Chittagong Hill Tracts), China (Sichuan, Tibet Autonomous Region, Yunnan, India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Mizoram, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttarakhand and West Bengal), Myanmar (Chin, Kachin and Shan) and Nepal.
O. m. makazayazaya (Takahashi, 1922) Taiwanese mountain pitviper
Southeast), Vietnam
O. m. zhaokentangi Zhao, 1995 Gaoligong mountain pitviper Goaligong Shan, north of Pianma,
Yunnan Province
, China.

Venom

Little is known about the venom of this species but it is presumed to contain hemorrhagins and procoagulants. There has been one recorded fatality from the bite of this species.[11]

References

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178669A7592174.en
    . Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. ^
    ISBN 1-893777-01-4
    (volume).
  3. ^ a b c "Ovophis monticola". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
  4. PMID 21315823
    .
  5. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T196010A2441839.en
    . Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  6. ^ a b c Leviton AE, Wogan GOU, Koo MS, Zug GR, Lucas RS, Vindum JV. 2003. The Dangerously Venomous Snakes of Myanmar, Illustrated Checklist with Keys. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 54 (24):407-462. PDF Archived 2006-08-30 at the Wayback Machine at Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles. Accessed 8 August 2006.
  7. ^
    ISBN 3-937975-00-4
    .
  8. ISBN 0-486-26629-X
    .
  9. ISBN 0-398-02808-7
    .
  10. ^ "Ovophis monticola".
  11. ^ Venomous Snakes of the World by Mark O'Shea, Page number 104

Further reading

  • Günther, A. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. The Ray Society. London. (Taylor & Francis, Printers.) xxvii + 452 pp. (Trimeresurus monticola, p. 388 + Plate XXIV., fig. B.)
  • Tillack, F.; Shah, K.B.; Gumprecht, A. & Husain, A. 2003 Anmerkungen zur Verbreitung, Morphologie, Biologie, Haltung und Nachzucht der Berg-Grubenotter Ovophis monticola monticola (Günther, 1864) (Serpentes, Viperidae, Crotalinae). Sauria 25 (4): 29-46

External links

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