Guanyinshan mountain pitviper”
Ovophis zhaoermii Liu, Hou, Mo, Li, Li, Luo, Rao & Li, 2025
Also calledguān yīn shān lào tiě tóu shé)
Ovophis zhaoermii, or the Guanyinshan mountain pitviper, is a species of mountain pit viper endemic to Yunnan, China. As with all pitvipers, O. zhaoermii is venomous.
- Recorded from
- China (Yunnan)
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Description
Ovophis zhaoermii is a brownish-black to redish-brown snake, with no patterns on its head but rectangular black blotches and white spots present along its body and tail respectively. It can be distinguished from similar species via its various scale morphologies.
What it does
The diet of the Guanyinshan mountain pitviper is unknown, but a species of Ovophis, possibly O. zhaoermii, was sighted with an adult male Ailao Mustache Toad in its jaws.
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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References
- LIAO, Linghong; Shi Shengchao, Luo Zhonghao, et al. (2026). A New Species of the Genus Ovophis Burger in Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1981 (Serpentes, Viperidae) from Xizang, China. Asian Herpetological Research.
- Liu S, Hou M, Mo M, Li M, Li B, Luo X, Rao D, & Li S. (2025). A new species of the genus Ovophis Burger in Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1981 (Serpentes, Viperidae) from southern Yunnan, China. ZooKeys 1230: 287-302.
From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.