Zayuan Mountain Pitviper
Ovophis zayuensis
Ovophis zayuensis, or the Zayuan mountain pitviper, is a species of mountain pit viper endemic to China and India. As with all pitvipers, O. zayuensis is venomous. Originally, the snake was considered a subspecies of O. monticola, before being elevated to species level in 1995.
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Description
Ovophis zayuensis is a stout snake with a triangular head. Its ventral side is a plain pale yellow with no markings. The body displays black blotches which are progressively darker the further towards the tail they are. The snake can be distinguished from similar species via its scale morphology.
Where it lives
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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 31025.