Taiwan mountain pitviper
Ovophis makazayazaya
The Taiwan mountain pit viper (Ovophis makazayazaya; Chinese: 台湾烙铁头蛇), also known as the Eastern mountain pit viper or Oriental mountain pit viper, is a venomous snake native to southeast China, northern Vietnam, Laos, and Taiwan. It was previously considered a subspecies of Ovophis monticola, but was suggested as a full species in 2011.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 145780.