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Holotype of
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(
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) in life.
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Head of the holotype of
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<emphasis id="321EC53BF17A74B0AFC253BFCA61C9E9" italics="true">Ovophis jenkinsi</emphasis>
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(
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)
<emphasis id="4467E2C1DB9F7949D244DF5D2445456B" bold="true">A</emphasis>
lateral (right) view
<emphasis id="BBCF0F8809D0FA89F2B567A8EA9A2788" bold="true">B</emphasis>
lateral (left) view
<emphasis id="FF91EA29389217E954C2DA958CE7AD37" bold="true">C</emphasis>
dorsal view
<emphasis id="61D79CEA68E893EF52F7AB5FC5D716F2" bold="true">D</emphasis>
ventral view.
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<label id="AB317249D790DD9635D68FCB7720E09C">Figure 4.</label>
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Habitat of
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<emphasis id="EBEABC5444F8A1FB8C5274FC49666A17" italics="true">Ovophis jenkinsi</emphasis>
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at the type locality in Tongbiguan Township, Yingjiang County, Yunnan Province, China
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microhabitat, photographed by Sheng-Chao Shi
<emphasis id="A61B57AFBE98757F8E7B28BEC65E41DD" bold="true">B</emphasis>
microhabitat, photographed by Guo-Wei Mo
<emphasis id="6EAB6A173364332EC8E40C701084882C" bold="true">C, D</emphasis>
macrohabitats, photographed by Xiao-Jun Gu.
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and
<specimenCode id="28334E30F25600DF8907CF810AA622A6">YJ 201801</specimenCode>
,
<specimenCount id="572064664682F18C6A21CC8C8C1A242B" type="adult">adult females</specimenCount>
from
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,
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,
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,
<collectingCountry id="D896A6494541274840E1475551378E46" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
(
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,
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;
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<elevation id="E746ED26EB46B521B9B19FC8DAA1BD13" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.321" unit="m" value="1321.0">1,321 m</elevation>
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a. s. l.) collected by
<collectorName id="6837CCAA7BF68D9EA48A44D94CC7ADE9">Zhong-Wen Jiang</collectorName>
and
<collectorName id="D8B975CB53F074D0389BD27C1110A077">Xian-Chun Qiu</collectorName>
in
<date id="3A2863C4BFA46E485E77A820FA3D3CFA" value="2023-10">
<collectingDate id="E7C31259F26271AB94E32AE99342B2F9" value="2023-10">October 2023</collectingDate>
</date>
and 2018
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;
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<specimenCount id="1007CF1AB99468EE3D42D27DE32B0F71" type="juvenile">juveniles</specimenCount>
<specimenCode id="6619E2E1FF061F70E1459EC64A412244">YJ 201802</specimenCode>
and
<specimenCode id="89642ED9B43F2E188837648C7FCB7351">YJ 201803</specimenCode>
from the same locality collected by
<collectorName id="C2F4CC4D74F54D2E0C6DF46B56A195A1">Zhong-Wen Jiang</collectorName>
in
<date id="21C2B9F49F3E37A9C7D8DB4026776897" value="2018-10">
<collectingDate id="9FC51C9FBE1546C568689A5820CA52C7" value="2018-10">October 2018</collectingDate>
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E51BG" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="0EA5BF8461BB681C0C3867643F3AF5B1">
<heading id="0A187C887E077865DB48D6B1B89E5115" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9C7008412C95714112F819F71F3A9799">
The specific epithet of the new species is dedicated to Robert “ Hank ” William Garfield Jenkins
<collectionCode id="77852333AE9B4FD1F5ED8A3446F1766D" country="Australia" name="Australian Museum" type="Museum">AM</collectionCode>
(
<date id="291DCA19D918E446CAF55939BBB7042F" value="1947-08">August 1947</date>
<date id="17606DEC22DBFC22F699D703915DF849" value="2023-09">September 2023</date>
), a herpetologist and former chairman of the
<collectionCode id="5ECBAEDE705C49B55905035F86F4E57E">CITES</collectionCode>
Animals Committee from
<collectingCountry id="2917B79ADA31C3EC5162D033DFF56166" name="Australia">Australia</collectingCountry>
, with a passion for snakes, especially pitvipers, and helped
<collectingCountry id="79020516BCCEAA400A5B75C905216823" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
, along with many Asian countries, complete snake census, conservation, and management projects. We suggest the common name “ Jenkins mountain pitviper ” in English and “ yíng jiāng lào tiě tóu shé ” (盈江烙铁头蛇) in Chinese.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ED2BG" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="89A33816B6DBEB846FACF6526D126C43">
<heading id="54AACCBC7006BF003842FBB0DC0AC306" reason="title">Diagnosis.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="ACD8A3732DCA28E479213CFB46466558">
<taxonomicName id="3AE67054447CCCE56D075070B4F7FFC1" authority="Qiu &amp; Wang &amp; Xia &amp; Jiang &amp; Zeng &amp; Wang &amp; Li &amp; Shi, 2024" authorityName="Qiu &amp; Wang &amp; Xia &amp; Jiang &amp; Zeng &amp; Wang &amp; Li &amp; Shi" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jenkinsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="E44E146D48ED0949C2DF725FC0C84496" italics="true">Ovophis jenkinsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="93913973EFB29697780DDE0291446935" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
can be distinguished by the following combination of morphological characters: (1) internasals in contact or separated by one small scale; (2) second supralabial entire and bordering the loreal pit; (3) dorsal scales in 23 (25) 21 (23, 25) 19 (17, 21) rows; (4) 134142 ventrals; (5) 4052 pairs of subcaudals; (6) third supralabial larger than fourth in all examined specimens of
<taxonomicName id="F558EDA2DDE601B1EA71BACD6D969FB7" authority="Qiu &amp; Wang &amp; Xia &amp; Jiang &amp; Zeng &amp; Wang &amp; Li &amp; Shi, 2024" authorityName="Qiu &amp; Wang &amp; Xia &amp; Jiang &amp; Zeng &amp; Wang &amp; Li &amp; Shi" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jenkinsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="752DF057FDD40DF21C26293305ABD225" italics="true">Ovophis jenkinsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="50193ACC744550A0C3933D6342DCCB45" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
; (7) deep orange-brown or dark brownish-grey markings on dorsal head surface; (8) background color of dorsal surface deep orange-brown or dark brownish-grey; (9) both sides of dorsum display dark brown trapezoidal patches; (10) scattered small white spots on dorsal surface of tail.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E62BG" type="description">
<paragraph id="B00E4F038F3A4B2181F6C536BD4F56D2">
<heading id="3F56F3614AD676E0CA49434D3B9480AB" reason="title">
Description of
<typeStatus id="88A50D6A2EB742C33B48CD3F98190B35" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
.
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="781BB7403653181B5B431889062DAC29">
Adult male; body stout and robust, medium-sized, tail slender,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EF3BG" xlink_title="total length">TL</abbrev>
<quantity id="629BB4A51058F97E3DBF1B90F72715C2" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.159" unit="mm" value="515.9">515.9 mm</quantity>
(
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJ3BG" xlink_title="snoutvent length">SVL</abbrev>
421.0 mm,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EN3BG" xlink_title="tail length">TAL</abbrev>
<quantity id="972F71CB1B0118F63FF4C55A7F59515F" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.49" unit="mm" value="94.9">94.9 mm</quantity>
,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ER3BG" xlink_title="tail length">TAL</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EV3BG" xlink_title="total length">TL</abbrev>
: 0.23); head triangular in dorsal view, moderately distinct from neck, longer than width,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZ3BG" xlink_title="head length">HL</abbrev>
<quantity id="9BFD533A95064B194BDC117A79DCC411" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.66" unit="mm" value="26.6">26.6 mm</quantity>
,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E43BG" xlink_title="head width">HW</abbrev>
<quantity id="B35BC8BF297358EC45DC5E5D7DA8504F" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.86" unit="mm" value="18.6">18.6 mm</quantity>
(
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EB4BG" xlink_title="head width">HW</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EF4BG" xlink_title="head length">HL</abbrev>
: 0.70). Snout blunt and rounded, rostral trapezoidal, broader than high,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJ4BG" xlink_title="maximum rostral width">RW</abbrev>
<quantity id="DC235B879F8C45F464B76ECCEFC8F501" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.6" unit="mm" value="4.6">4.6 mm</quantity>
,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EN4BG" xlink_title="maximum rostral height">RH</abbrev>
<quantity id="967F03005B264029AF71569F207DFE4E" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.5" unit="mm" value="3.5">3.5 mm</quantity>
(
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ER4BG" xlink_title="maximum rostral width">RW</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EV4BG" xlink_title="maximum rostral height">RH</abbrev>
: 1.31;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZ4BG" xlink_title="maximum rostral width">RW</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E44BG" xlink_title="head width">HW</abbrev>
: 0.25), upper edge visible from dorsum; eye small,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EB5BG" xlink_title="eye diameter">ED</abbrev>
<quantity id="CBAB84A2DA5387BA225FD220206DE764" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.7" unit="mm" value="2.7">2.7 mm</quantity>
(
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EF5BG" xlink_title="eye diameter">ED</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJ5BG" xlink_title="head length">HL</abbrev>
0.10), pupil vertical; nostril subcircular, located in the middle of nasal; nasal divided into two scales by nostril; two internasals, elliptical, separated anteriorly by a small scale and bordered by the upper edge of rostral, connected posteriorly; loreal single; two preoculars, in contact with eye posteriorly; two postoculars, upper one in contact with the lower edge of supraocular; subocular single and elongate, respectively separated by two small scales from the third, fourth and fifth supralabials; supraocular single, the largest scales on the dorsal surface of head, separated by 78 scales; supralabials eight, first and second in contact with nasal, second entire and bordering the loreal pit, third larger than fourth; 11 infralabials on left (seventh and eighth infralabials bipartitioned relative to right), 10 infralabials on right, first pair in broad contact with each other, first to third in contact with chin shields; mental triangular; one pair of chin shields, meeting in midline, the right one slightly larger than the left; dorsal scales in 2521 19 rows, bluntly keeled, except outer row; 134 ventrals, excluding six preventrals; subcaudal scales 49, paired, excluding tail tip; cloacal plate entire.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EN5BG" type="Coloration in life">
<paragraph id="D27485B779B0CC8074D7052BA9A190A6">
<heading id="5A5853CE1D99BE141D20801E7219D87D" reason="title">Coloration in life.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6ACE11B0AE2C41CCA526B80786497456">Dorsal head surface black, with deep-orange blotches; a deep orange marking resembling an open pair of surgical scissors exists on the front of neck; a deep-orange stripe exists from the upper postocular to the anterior nape, the stripe demarcated from black dorsal head at top, gradually transitioning to black at bottom, approximately one scale row in width behind orbit of eye, after three scales, approximately two scales rows in width, enlarge to 34 scales rows in width on the posterior of head. Lateral head surface black, tiny white and vermilion spots exist on the surface of scales near snout; an irregular stripe extends from subocular to the fifth and sixth infralabials, the outermost ring of vermilion, subtle, second ring of white, obvious; the stripe splits in two at fifth and sixth supralabials, one extending backward through seventh, eighth supralabials and the last two infralabials, the other extending downward through seventh and eighth infralabials (left) and seventh infralabial (right), converging at the outer row of dorsal scales; similar markings exist on the third supralabial and third to fifth infralabials. Background color of ventral head surface deep orange, mixed with irregular white blotches with vermilion edges. Pupil black; iris deep orange mixed with white and black.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EDC523041A0E2EE561036346EB4C32A5">Background color of dorsal surface deep orange, with 18 connected or disconnected dark brown patches on both sides of body and three similar spots on anterior section of tail visible from dorsum; dorsal blotches predominantly trapezoidal, approximately 26 scales in length, and 45 scales rows in width, mottled with a few deep orange tiny spots on most dark brown patches; two clusters of lateral dark brown patches exist under each dorsal dark brown patch, each patch covers 23 dorsal scales and separated from ventral scales by 23 rows of dorsolateral scales. Posterior section of tail pink, 21 tiny spots exist on the dorsal surface, spots white with brown edges, no more than a scale in size. Mixed cream and tan on ventral surface of anterior tail and body, clean pink on posterior section of tail.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ET5BG" type="Intraspecific variation">
<paragraph id="96778C1B47242786A75C764AB59D0D1E">
<heading id="362E66B83207F939700963A1D9FD9CBB" reason="title">Intraspecific variation.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="54B7DC64CD134763497703ABFEF59AB3">
Morphometric data are summarized in Table
<tableCitation id="1D59E83FB14BAC3BFD8D3FD37F872477" captionStart="Table 4" captionStartId="T4" captionText="Table 4. Scalation data and measurements (in mm) of Ovophis jenkinsi sp. nov." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/4D75DED424B9DB5803F0CFDAC34A39B5" tableUuid="4D75DED424B9DB5803F0CFDAC34A39B5">4</tableCitation>
. Dorsal head surface of each
<typeStatus id="7CF2201357335FA6F74E414DD72C5612" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
specimen has different approximately symmetrical markings respectively. Internasals are separated by one scale, and the dorsal background color is dark brownish-grey in
<typeStatus id="1AE6CF5585A6BF9DCEF58EA68B157FC1" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
<specimenCode id="8D772CEC9DFD3A439D1B6FCC9DAB26D0">
<named-content id="83FD698A4CEC045406CAF6ECD7D6F730" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/institute-zoology-chinese-academy-sciences" xlink_title="Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences">IOZ</named-content>
002680
</specimenCode>
and
<specimenCode id="8DA568BCA59AFEE0117F7889DAE07582">YJ 201801</specimenCode>
. Light greyish-brown on background color of dorsal body in juveniles
<specimenCode id="4F1EDCC41B96CC34D61CCC4D5B6E5909">YJ 201802</specimenCode>
and
<specimenCode id="47D3AF70C8AE740274FB6ED82143448D">YJ 201803</specimenCode>
. Third to tenth subcaudals unpaired in
<specimenCode id="A71029F58A05BFD8EB323A91A013E301">YJ 201803</specimenCode>
. The patches on dorsal body are mostly rectangular in
<specimenCode id="24EDC22FFF8FB7605D4EE9703954E158">
<named-content id="64A6443528BACC909B77E8E7B1AA65E8" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/institute-zoology-chinese-academy-sciences" xlink_title="Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences">IOZ</named-content>
002680
</specimenCode>
.
</paragraph>
<caption id="4D75DED424B9DB5803F0CFDAC34A39B5" ID-Table-UUID="4D75DED424B9DB5803F0CFDAC34A39B5" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/4D75DED424B9DB5803F0CFDAC34A39B5" startId="T4">
<paragraph id="7BEF97F7BEE0C17A08532DB50E995411">
<label id="A1CD51DD5AB877633CFE11245BEFA22F">Table 4.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A0667D53A09972D1E8CDA930D667D31E">
Scalation data and measurements (in mm) of
<taxonomicName id="5017F4C417F173280564E07BEEC80E9E" authority="Qiu &amp; Wang &amp; Xia &amp; Jiang &amp; Zeng &amp; Wang &amp; Li &amp; Shi, 2024" authorityName="Qiu &amp; Wang &amp; Xia &amp; Jiang &amp; Zeng &amp; Wang &amp; Li &amp; Shi" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jenkinsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="6C10708E4211DEC8A32490CD01681D49" italics="true">Ovophis jenkinsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="9F93C21028838423834C2B5A030088ED" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="3E1E2A69B5483B3CBF66A0E666674F4E">
<table id="TID0EGOBI" rules="all">
<tbody id="0FD471018F2B2213CAE6F062016FD9EE">
<tr id="08505C3EFADFFBAB52D1B8467108B206">
<th id="E0D5AC6CCB804878A74B3ACB827162FA" colspan="1" isEmpty="true" rowspan="1">-</th>
<th id="CF6EE424594A62D56CD8982AEBA2CAA0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<specimenCode id="30D610013E922FB05E72C3DE4C471F8F">
<named-content id="9E466CB32E6A066DCEA6056EC93C6569" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/institute-zoology-chinese-academy-sciences" xlink_title="Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences">IOZ</named-content>
002679
</specimenCode>
Holotype
</th>
<th id="B24DA05E1F2317881CB061123DF3A8F9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<specimenCode id="DE40E660F14DC9ECEE2211408B320511">
<named-content id="D98DEBB02D685BE24F6AA8D149289AEE" content-type="dwc:institutional_code" xlink_href="http://grbio.org/institution/institute-zoology-chinese-academy-sciences" xlink_title="Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences">IOZ</named-content>
002680
</specimenCode>
Paratype
</th>
<th id="2CBFACB9F772688EE59D08E78416A2EF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<specimenCode id="CF3BBDEF2AC9030B6DC66E58CA454985">YJ 201801</specimenCode>
Paratype
</th>
<th id="C79004DB464C789F54C673C1438D111D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<specimenCode id="139B31EBE98AED29E7FDA8BF90656978">YJ 201802</specimenCode>
Paratype
</th>
<th id="71E4212039FC86F6EF0984F36AA9CA1E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<specimenCode id="191F26241B452EA2BEFD884ECEE3D04D">YJ 201803</specimenCode>
Paratype
</th>
</tr>
<tr id="451DBBCD6F247ED065C685BFB2693E7D">
<td id="D1090B25931692F3F85909852B884987" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Sex</td>
<td id="70CE41115448539537E8AFF567EDFE2E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Male</td>
<td id="953808665D04047EB24DCA3C68480C6D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Female</td>
<td id="A8094919ED43237C89D8BFF0A88229C1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Female</td>
<td id="6061ABF67D7C77ADB14C8E476D236730" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Juvenile</td>
<td id="40558773EAAC26152C7612B06A161751" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Juvenile</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F7B63978D172886A5EC6F829BAF9B49E">
<td id="2ED71646B671ED93AB5A5CE574D0F53A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETBAI" xlink_title="total length">TL</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="B66B56B4A263082342A5020FF3DD5B5B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">515.9</td>
<td id="753C79E493751C31DEC32A0636C01DAC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">402.3</td>
<td id="1F271B8A885CC560311DB30FABA736E3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">690.0</td>
<td id="633E587EA2828B3CD64F61FE751AAC2E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">261.0</td>
<td id="BD4C222E16D2A9E1DC01009ECD37DA8B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">279.0</td>
</tr>
<tr id="CEB8ACCD23DD3043F5199C5A6EB70EBC">
<td id="5366D8AC3B034412C6F4FCB00D269DFA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ELCAI" xlink_title="tail length">TAL</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="6158B799226C4616F2FDB3B680E112FE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">94.9</td>
<td id="EB0DF0EF6405AC801BD1DD77699F5768" colspan="1" rowspan="1">66.9</td>
<td id="B87AC508F91E291560B815053A43718B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">91.1</td>
<td id="6F6EC6B8472F3B3D1C0A03D454060466" colspan="1" rowspan="1">43.8</td>
<td id="5069CA5B6F93A0CFFE7DB8FA58D2F40A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">45.0</td>
</tr>
<tr id="92FE5AE56CC1CE888EDAA259420FBEC0">
<td id="050821A855D021459A0136BCD291AB4F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EDDAI" xlink_title="head length">HL</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="595CBF43CD64F0FEAFA21395ECE2250E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">26.6</td>
<td id="D72C2337D830B54E983E7F2896E2517C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">26.0</td>
<td id="7428516E20EF0D2A55AFC5FA96A80776" colspan="1" rowspan="1">38.3</td>
<td id="0A7E91758E1167B59B997BA84754ACBB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">16.2</td>
<td id="B7612E3A058FD5811BD0A88DB46FE597" colspan="1" rowspan="1">16.8</td>
</tr>
<tr id="CC9113595DC1325ACFD00C108CA9613E">
<td id="AC962BA7E4E5DC1240B7FBFDE95817A4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E2DAI" xlink_title="head width">HW</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="01D319E61152B5960811A57E881D4940" colspan="1" rowspan="1">18.6</td>
<td id="C7AABCE5251676156CD4A15E5AD4E8BF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">20.6</td>
<td id="03197F6347B1F6508925AAFFD5FDED70" colspan="1" rowspan="1">28.8</td>
<td id="55A063D89E7754E3C9A480C3F29AB939" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.7</td>
<td id="E7B807A1E99ABEFD1BE653471DE44682" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B59328593842A54E24E0986EE457DD69">
<td id="DA43C8FDDF963DBDBAD53AEED4D3D068" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETEAI" xlink_title="head width">HW</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXEAI" xlink_title="head length">HL</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="9C0AB718DEF07D9EB21FAD5E0A1E03B8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.70</td>
<td id="86F6C9E039C47BF3B7F9C70D1B2F5B1F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.79</td>
<td id="A89959B3A7B3BAABF7B96DAA1C00411E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.75</td>
<td id="0320DC88D339C139ACD95F80C39F9C65" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.72</td>
<td id="A19528BDF0CF749862776E5DC29385E1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.67</td>
</tr>
<tr id="4B11DD4D4987A42C69A8FB85B4660B1E">
<td id="7127CF08C3376009D8F5BF7D882DD5EF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EOFAI" xlink_title="preoculars">PRO</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="D9F242AF1C195824F09DD4FCABE9FA54" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="5904FEF06EFD197D479B58D0C89A225F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="FD413EC86F6674DB3DD024279D16BCA2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="15810F97D37F257F020F4FC4063DB7F8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="9A5706A1C402CD92AB2EFAD9AA2C762E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="4CADA398D3E80093C5AA186E571FEE15">
<td id="CB9FD594CCEC5C86CF253193DFE67D7A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EGGAI" xlink_title="suboculars">SBO</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="778E0BB41A9FF06034A8BF59563DE75A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="53C32A9596707B61B4E5EDF34E9F04B8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3</td>
<td id="B4DCEBBDC27A5ACAE4E2CDF1AAFEBE22" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="DC0F238B93EC73DD1DED4739AC9FBE8B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="DD81CFE80F303D196C98E2168E38B4CC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="04BE3EF40E87496E36C75C39F5D6FCCE">
<td id="9F621F3649FD94E029A9B3C5417AF3B9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E5GAI" xlink_title="postoculars">PO</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="2897B391D30F27D5D6277F9D8F77E3FA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="BF3AD7BD4E0D5DBECE14051E5C81298A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3</td>
<td id="B9440A1C84BE60CF17BD31E96B562752" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="C97C41FD1C012A78D27E1BD96C0A914C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="2E9BDC8DCAF1D1539C0931C3C43E0189" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3</td>
</tr>
<tr id="020610C0306AE41D0BEDD66DDC8F955F">
<td id="50AA61EB55ABFE8F4FC6D4EB5617398D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EWHAI" xlink_title="supralabials">SL</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="8F78ADF85B0C5F2755E60B67C1C0EE38" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8 / 8</td>
<td id="6B736C9FC124E66505693BBB7F5EDD16" colspan="1" rowspan="1">9 / 9</td>
<td id="29378AB43A0FD5F85CD60F65BC459BF4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8 / 10</td>
<td id="53503EFFDD9DAE99E54A61D5FF9426F3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8 / </td>
<td id="5BD2896E07DC3F07D67DAC4E3E1A5242" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8 / 8</td>
</tr>
<tr id="357D11E498D7500E50BE01CE24946B10">
<td id="D8CBA3C43CBBC4512CEED0E4EAB4F16F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EOIAI" xlink_title="infralabials">IL</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="102FA5DF140DA99D2DF82BF464A2F159" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11 / 10</td>
<td id="5AAFA520439D284D38EF8BED1CDB739C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12 / 12</td>
<td id="225BFC1E8633F2889F1034F59EC62CB4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11 / 11</td>
<td id="BD44A9FC101AA72E2A4034A0C852636C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11 / 11</td>
<td id="E4F6A637D7F2BE638945E6C2D239A568" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11 / 11</td>
</tr>
<tr id="0577EA495FCB3809F7A76E94EA527F5C">
<td id="29976A385F7F6CED52DF59A8297B84AD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EGJAI" xlink_title="dorsal scale rows">DSR</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="2657F1515577EAF822D7FBCFF0C8323D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2521 19</td>
<td id="DD457538C392955CB51DABDF5E02B299" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2523 19</td>
<td id="75EA63F870F7643F868118A7477CC12E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2525 21</td>
<td id="05FF770F8E3D37E03ADF24708644E371" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2321 19</td>
<td id="59BD9F2A978682C6CA2DE4521D2FFAB0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2323 17</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B8161A5FAE311F3941D08BF5A1736EC0">
<td id="5BBD2A9BF69EA912EB066E1B40EE99B5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E5JAI" xlink_title="ventral scales">VS</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="9A3B8F078A87A024B0B02029B770B73F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">134</td>
<td id="582976CF7634D210C4D8F1C12F031E34" colspan="1" rowspan="1">142</td>
<td id="260D6539C6BFA90620227DB027EB72A4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">138</td>
<td id="07CEE0D10E71993DBE2196924717AF81" colspan="1" rowspan="1">134</td>
<td id="FB2B9B001C1C30B49F4A41C39CE5A39C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">135</td>
</tr>
<tr id="D341D22F8E16320B54C65E94A4C1B585">
<td id="C517314EBB033BB8B5D36323AB76C47D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EWKAI" xlink_title="subcaudal scales">SC</abbrev>
</td>
<td id="08142F9B0834EFAD87C8202FF779A6A9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">49</td>
<td id="215D93A0C3E99A98B2D0F8FE55AAA65B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">40</td>
<td id="4272058696458C9EBCD65910946CC734" colspan="1" rowspan="1">40</td>
<td id="5DFBD0D6BACC8EB5E0FBB09D1A902AB8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">50</td>
<td id="4007840205E3EB1129674B448EEA775D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">52</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5ECA335A5667500FA2796D0F80F99203">
<tableNote id="408C519097193F5CC7273CB3B9F082D5">Note: the missing data are marked as “ ”.</tableNote>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EMLAI" type="comparisons">
<paragraph id="B55617A81CBCA0E3A08C91519A20A920">
<heading id="3DD98D6DE1DEBD43C66F4ECEB112F9C1" reason="title">Comparisons.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0007B116CC1D94ADA2D4F290873F2492">
<taxonomicName id="FCD7782B0AE5A09E36ED299C105FF534" authority="Qiu &amp; Wang &amp; Xia &amp; Jiang &amp; Zeng &amp; Wang &amp; Li &amp; Shi, 2024" authorityName="Qiu &amp; Wang &amp; Xia &amp; Jiang &amp; Zeng &amp; Wang &amp; Li &amp; Shi" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jenkinsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="10DA242503AFCCB1CB3C5AE9E91BF747" italics="true">Ovophis jenkinsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="4CE1FDE9C9ED0D8CC348C77DA0F3511A" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
can be distinct from other congeneric species by the following characters (Table
<tableCitation id="8EC9B70373BC0D5EFECE6A12B9B9ACB7" captionStart="Table 5" captionStartId="T5" captionText="Table 5. Morphological comparison of Ovophis species." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/79515BB078B5AA0F33C35D50DAE626B5" tableUuid="79515BB078B5AA0F33C35D50DAE626B5">5</tableCitation>
): internasals in contact or separated by one small scale (vs internasals separated by two small scales in
<taxonomicName id="CE8D9D7BD70319C04455B8014749F488" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="malhotrae">
<emphasis id="73D087AFEAA7BBC36BC60E98DF3B244C" italics="true">O. malhotrae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); second supralabial entire and bordering the loreal pit (vs second supralabial bordering the loreal pit or separated by a loreal in
<taxonomicName id="98450668895E0AC5AFDF1BB169D2BAA5" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="makazayazaya">
<emphasis id="09E7BAFAE0334EE5B5A9AED3C027F608" italics="true">O. makazayazaya</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="CAF50D95F14903C6C38E988F53A3ABE0" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tonkinensis">
<emphasis id="AAFAA977C76273411ED1A8CC0B034DEB" italics="true">O. tonkinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="342CCDF546CB7FADE1ABFE28D8DC63BA" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="zayuensis">
<emphasis id="2DF74F9BAC0B36CDF5256C6876E0B3CC" italics="true">O. zayuensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); dorsal scales in 23 (25) 21 (23, 25) 19 (17, 21) rows (vs dorsal scales 23 (21) 23 (21)
<quantity id="5230267B229F89F72F2C5F70D7123DCE" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.826" unit="in" value="19.0">19 in</quantity>
<taxonomicName id="7EFC8AEC027A029393456B2494B265C7" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="monticola">
<emphasis id="E4963838A00C700186F4378D3889662D" italics="true">O. monticola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 25 (27, 29) 23 (2125) 19 (21) in
<taxonomicName id="96D900DD49D81D892CBD9C72F51B6CFA" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tonkinensis">
<emphasis id="A87F9734B825580EB01D688AA0B6AC12" italics="true">O. tonkinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 2723
<quantity id="A5C3679698CA09F28082EDD4F307B60E" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.826" unit="in" value="19.0">19 in</quantity>
<taxonomicName id="383A228FE9084D1318BBE9B409AD901A" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="malhotrae">
<emphasis id="29DD48F564A740857C8E8563837C2E0D" italics="true">O. malhotrae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 25 (27) 2319 (17) in
<taxonomicName id="12AF5ABFEA30CCA7446FE257C7E3C22F" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="zayuensis">
<emphasis id="F4B8EFD41C03EED73AD67B3E72E6E80C" italics="true">O. zayuensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); 134142 ventrals (vs 141172 ventrals in
<taxonomicName id="0E18E5E80FCD9DE63C6C71976A62A1EF" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="monticola">
<emphasis id="67A0B08A3639DA03D56E4DBBA800F7D7" italics="true">O. monticola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<quantity id="08B0EE21A385C11773FFAF026789304C" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.683" unit="in" value="145.0">145 in</quantity>
<taxonomicName id="E48F7A6D94087BFD5D9A56938ACFE6B0" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="malhotrae">
<emphasis id="AA20304F4A391CED475FA838A0CE5745" italics="true">O. malhotrae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<quantity id="4A26E6AE078D693D555496402E8B3C39" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.2799" metricValueMax="4.4958" metricValueMin="4.064" unit="in" value="168.5" valueMax="177.0" valueMin="160.0">160177 in</quantity>
<taxonomicName id="85B6E22A1C6E3EFA3229F02934E6CBBE" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="zayuensis">
<emphasis id="C96D72918DEB48EF5E791A74D44CD7D5" italics="true">O. zayuensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); subcaudal scales in pairs (vs unpaired in
<taxonomicName id="187F7F1EBC52ED3749680D4CBB475294" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tonkinensis">
<emphasis id="A0344267FB6CF207C00DC13218B2D7DA" italics="true">O. tonkinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="43E31A6B7A377AE4914FC1B5B2D45B79" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="zayuensis">
<emphasis id="47D57823A5B66CC2283AB6D936086538" italics="true">O. zayuensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); 4052 pairs of subcaudals (vs 1731 pairs in
<taxonomicName id="10038E51AF8018683A1B829B4A3EBBAD" baseAuthorityName="Stoliczka" baseAuthorityYear="1870" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="convictus">
<emphasis id="BFAA35FFCEE10A05A6EABD7C00E3754A" italics="true">O. convictus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); the third supralabial being larger than fourth (vs fourth larger than third supralabial in
<taxonomicName id="297B498880B357F8EAF6B0D99B0FD23C" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="makazayazaya">
<emphasis id="D8DAE066EF580FF3FA3FF32542E2349A" italics="true">O. makazayazaya</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="423309BE1B00C01A0891B1FBA3281131" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tonkinensis">
<emphasis id="9E1DBA99BD613FBB81ED64674B5ED3CD" italics="true">O. tonkinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); deep orange-brown or dark brownish-grey markings on dorsal head surface (vs no markings on dorsal head surface in
<taxonomicName id="42E4C626E6F1C6ACCEBBD51BA3C7F1C6" baseAuthorityName="Stoliczka" baseAuthorityYear="1870" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="convictus">
<emphasis id="1E9B43E1FE73577AEBFE73B0F32C7180" italics="true">O. convictus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="79F4D57E132B3E81B6F82358FDC5DD27" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tonkinensis">
<emphasis id="EA019341C908EE7A6DB55E4B75998F20" italics="true">O. tonkinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); background color of dorsal surface deep orange-brown or dark brownish-grey (vs yellowish-brown or dark-grey in
<taxonomicName id="D3FDADD322BEB81964B68E35F0735877" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="makazayazaya">
<emphasis id="1474B9957877ED53FEF8B8C8C7C5B752" italics="true">O. makazayazaya</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, yellowish-brown in
<taxonomicName id="AFA7E5B3AA105ACAC867E79F09577974" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="monticola">
<emphasis id="1F9E9F718CCA08B88065A1A7E3F84FD8" italics="true">O. monticola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="F186C0A0B18BEA231BB913ED2ED0071A" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tonkinensis">
<emphasis id="2EE6AD6FE6EDE0D517192796B1A78357" italics="true">O. tonkinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, reddish-brown or brown in
<taxonomicName id="220E17798B68FA0EBB119D68FB8B5238" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="zayuensis">
<emphasis id="1F2A3F8FE327880C85011A585CFFEF16" italics="true">O. zayuensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); both sides of dorsum display dark brown trapezoidal patches (vs mostly rectangular patches in
<taxonomicName id="BCB4C82A92589A7B031DA9E83A4944F7" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="monticola">
<emphasis id="2F40084DC8000EAE901B6423DB9B5D6E" italics="true">O. monticola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); adults
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E5TAI" xlink_title="head width">HW</abbrev>
/
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ECUAI" xlink_title="head length">HL</abbrev>
0.700.79 (vs
<quantity id="F682D44CAA02AF83A3E6A275817534FE" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.6383" metricValueMax="1.651" metricValueMin="1.6256" unit="in" value="0.645" valueMax="0.65" valueMin="0.64">0.640.65 in</quantity>
<taxonomicName id="D160FA59E8EA7B88BD41533DEEE580E8" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="monticola">
<emphasis id="EE891B70AE5258BB3787E67AC9C47712" italics="true">O. monticola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); scattered small white spots on dorsal surface of tail (vs continuous small white spots on dorsal surface of tail in
<taxonomicName id="DD5739B1083C2F7E50CC68D828E9307D" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tonkinensis">
<emphasis id="0EE5B3F2D664189E7B1628E7EBC598CB" italics="true">O. tonkinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="DBB747DF70EAE71325BDA4004AF8FE22" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="malhotrae">
<emphasis id="5EDE6362BA15BB8D7B655630BFDCD210" italics="true">O. malhotrae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="79515BB078B5AA0F33C35D50DAE626B5" ID-Table-UUID="79515BB078B5AA0F33C35D50DAE626B5" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/79515BB078B5AA0F33C35D50DAE626B5" startId="T5">
<paragraph id="0F27126CD2B56336BB4F1D5728DD1A25">
<label id="CA29228D95B56B1FA8CF296790366E1E">Table 5.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1EB28FD74D67BA4FD713765BA42C65E3">
Morphological comparison of
<taxonomicName id="1DA1A292D35E7B1C1DC877830A198DC0" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="AC51364EA3EDAB0926E17199F1395CC4" italics="true">Ovophis</emphasis>
species.
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="ABB26AEF07E0A3967B97FBEEB09B6E4E">
<table id="TID0EI3BI" rules="all">
<tbody id="952C484AE44EED612A929B2C66236C66">
<tr id="976FA7C9DC44FE568737E3FA79AB8FDD">
<th id="F77E794C0F091235EE3B73218E3084AC" colspan="1" isEmpty="true" rowspan="1">-</th>
<th id="11D1596E8BBC7651D4828782DEE76D34" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EDWAI" xlink_title="dorsal scale rows">DSR</abbrev>
</th>
<th id="29746B634C5D9DC9F858EAB95861E9D5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ELWAI" xlink_title="ventral scales">VS</abbrev>
</th>
<th id="4CCE13B0FDAB43636BCD165060CADD02" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETWAI" xlink_title="subcaudal scales">SC</abbrev>
</th>
<th id="52755C838184409B24003036CD633CC3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
Does the 2
<superScript id="A57EB28EF99BA9081D9C9C139F146564">nd</superScript>
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E4WAI" xlink_title="supralabials">SL</abbrev>
border the loreal pit
</th>
<th id="CC8B8CBDAB0F863BDA1DE1C7D2AE7C5B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
3
<superScript id="4721AE147F87C965024D4F6859C7EC35">rd</superScript>
and 4
<superScript id="748F2225746A288DD55894E54765FF4C">th</superScript>
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJXAI" xlink_title="supralabials">SL</abbrev>
</th>
<th id="8E0CDA2758913949E322A154CB448D07" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Dosal head surface</th>
<th id="6FA91F3990D0292B1F5C003D8E5CF150" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Dorsal background color</th>
<th id="295049721B2D988F35D851BA10646986" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Dorsal patches</th>
<th id="8ABF986AE37E79AB59418E5935FF9A03" colspan="1" rowspan="1">White spots on dorsal surface of tail</th>
</tr>
<tr id="E94ECD6ADCC2B8B86A17322A35CB19F1">
<td id="7128DA2FDB6B6B29470018AE2A939F31" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="BEBDC0A5EDF59AB94805B5C79B5A2A06" authority="Qiu &amp; Wang &amp; Xia &amp; Jiang &amp; Zeng &amp; Wang &amp; Li &amp; Shi, 2024" authorityName="Qiu &amp; Wang &amp; Xia &amp; Jiang &amp; Zeng &amp; Wang &amp; Li &amp; Shi" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jenkinsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="13DB1D129C56D3FC2BE32F9B2FEF9E53" italics="true">Ovophis jenkinsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="EB8D4E31BDDBEFF577F912ED6A97A927" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</td>
<td id="0B8D7393351B19C769403C5B66AF1BC6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">23 (25) 21 (23, 25) 19 (17, 21)</td>
<td id="F99083C9304199B84A37FC35DFFC6480" colspan="1" rowspan="1">134142</td>
<td id="96BDC4D7A1ED1415CE9D481237A225CC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4052, paired</td>
<td id="65ACAB788F7A1938B22D6EDF1D8041E3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Yes</td>
<td id="A07A67BF80E83BE286DB62D6DEC710B3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
3
<superScript id="45CD73051F1F81ABBA6893A26D8A4D2A">rd</superScript>
&gt; 4
<superScript id="7CBDF5586B20D519926FB775C0D94F42">th</superScript>
</td>
<td id="26890EAC87874C06F333A77C956B7F01" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Patterned</td>
<td id="43A647B2BBFD1D49CA4E385DBB864772" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Deep orange-brown or dark brownish-grey</td>
<td id="2E782A9052B049FF5063C9DE69304CAA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Mostly trapezoidal</td>
<td id="172CE4989E177C695AE74FF677E7B4DF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Scattered</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A4057972400599DB306F2DCE2BB605CA">
<td id="96CB5F5879EAEF6DB9489824AEE92344" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="28755A490F37E52445F40E86676F0363" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="monticola">
<emphasis id="2F99A5453499B9711FC8DA7E6216AE5A" italics="true">O. monticola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="E608B29989B83BF754D29F6BFBC2549C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">23 (21) 23 (21) 19</td>
<td id="A23501EAB2E7451FDE71D20D95F588F4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">141172</td>
<td id="0F1C417F9B86CAA915F647C03747080A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3758, paired</td>
<td id="222AF330714E8578B8AF3E126D79AFAE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Yes</td>
<td id="6DF1CE0FA31B1BCA18849FE433D36576" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
3
<superScript id="A8A67579D9F8F104CEF7AD59BA4770C4">rd</superScript>
&gt; 4
<superScript id="499BF35E79EECF967EA642E02E655798">th</superScript>
</td>
<td id="1F5C9E0E5DE57229A5A35AB26A739EA6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Patterned</td>
<td id="4B76C1F84054A8464C0B360AC743955B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Yellowish-brown</td>
<td id="3839A782CC7D9E0B5FCEB18C907D8717" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Mostly rectangular</td>
<td id="0826E4FE88955401E6FCB1DB9BF6DED6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Scattered</td>
</tr>
<tr id="168801EACB2366ACF4645F39601E67B5">
<td id="1E3638DAA5B509511C843F7D895BA6CC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="C5335B0B7183AAA2AF4A0C952ADCA6B4" baseAuthorityName="Stoliczka" baseAuthorityYear="1870" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="convictus">
<emphasis id="B802FB053D4E1D9A17031A718F4AED89" italics="true">O. convictus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="188101B1EF2724B3FDAA4E1D9A44F3DC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2525 18</td>
<td id="28F298837E827DDCDEC9F783122EE8AA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">136</td>
<td id="6E268DB3D7D752F8B3C49FFBC21F00A1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1731, paired</td>
<td id="E490CF88A0D5C1EAE36E12F85596D6B3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Yes</td>
<td id="D605DF63BE6B91498C5387B1092F1E44" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
3
<superScript id="42C3BF807D2D32C348C2F3588536DB1D">rd</superScript>
&gt; 4
<superScript id="CEDAA4AD49B916C161AAC490F07C82CF">th</superScript>
</td>
<td id="4661A9014583467FEAA353FE51C1FDF3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Unpatterned</td>
<td id="7A3DFA48D15B0F788FA8695B5EE85491" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Yellowish-brown</td>
<td id="EAF27C4F4FB8703EA55E7680C8601B97" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Mostly rectangular</td>
<td id="A5986A2D9D32773CD9431DE9B3FB3E67" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Scattered</td>
</tr>
<tr id="1EB2EFBE7D697A44971875F7795CAE0C">
<td id="D39FB462BAA615B96134DA45EB9F1DCB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="C6CDEE4C07D8B3D523AF81D868E11B6D" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="makazayazaya">
<emphasis id="75792DC0BCE32C3DE6858F5F83FF26A5" italics="true">O. makazayazaya</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="46BA03D38F0BCF2729181FFA0097FE9A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">25 (27, 29) 23 (25, 21) 19 (21)</td>
<td id="E1550E4F549F46935565C22F493C88EF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">131159</td>
<td id="84C11797331DB688BED01BD91B2206C7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3452, paired</td>
<td id="7ABBFCD7BF9E1B74B41A778D2E3BECB2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Yes or no</td>
<td id="6D5088894E13ECBA8E937D1106EAA79C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
3
<superScript id="02678D9B347A0C84B652B66B6DBFD506">rd</superScript>
&lt;4
<superScript id="92A0644A789C0934090415C28051F41E">th</superScript>
</td>
<td id="325CF15198B0223E3F13BC6EB420517A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Patterned or unpatterned</td>
<td id="A85909E145CC37ADE3AD31901CF2871A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Yellowish-brown or dark-grey</td>
<td id="5BE7007568FFC7E65156950B444DEF4E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Rectangular or irregular patches</td>
<td id="167D75F2D3A8C07FF9AE8EC14F2E6CAE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Scattered</td>
</tr>
<tr id="AC189A74498452476CF5B5FD12C6E692">
<td id="E5B1374724DB4DFDF05B9B8F5B002B97" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="457CB5017918345493A7C991F28FD259" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="malhotrae">
<emphasis id="1AC169866E59B957F88B864663952735" italics="true">O. malhotrae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="7A30DB963BB4275355CB47AABE6D1652" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2723 19</td>
<td id="6650D65FBF9389E83ED67305FF68AEBF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">145</td>
<td id="A846B31763619A1BEE4AD19B834F30E7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">47, paired</td>
<td id="38376F0117AADE661EA17B108BBE2C85" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Yes</td>
<td id="AA56B69DE2F4D0B15FDCF6F277F59077" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
3
<superScript id="4F73881E937881C288B4BA8ED6A21D2F">rd</superScript>
&gt; 4
<superScript id="83A800746F618CEBE71AD19D31B6BAC8">th</superScript>
</td>
<td id="C808699ED092D1A9916C9E22B2AAABE8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Patterned</td>
<td id="E5B7D52142633A5DAC14B406C6D2AF0B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Dark-brown</td>
<td id="E1BCB0CB23B6761D40FE1E827174DE4E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Mostly rectangular</td>
<td id="A3C7FD7DEED75C6D27A97BF8C0AC39BB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Continuous</td>
</tr>
<tr id="FE849AC6B9FE6BEEBD586F82D5E29E27">
<td id="27CF24B39DC1C0865F510F6C3B012BFD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="1098B86D8D7B9050AE314CCAADA280C7" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tonkinensis">
<emphasis id="DF65C45FF7E4FA59FC1449DE5D3A3EBB" italics="true">O. tonkinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="4C0256F8AEC60FB2C3BA4C2AA59E2CC8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">25 (27, 29) 23 (2125) 19 (21)</td>
<td id="11C4974B0F7E5D47AD0B3881FC9BC6C7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">128134</td>
<td id="EB66839E066E697E23309C04289A3A81" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3949, unpaired</td>
<td id="698E56EC0079E2CEA65125069DDD8C85" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Yes or no</td>
<td id="11CBDF3623CE8628AA8B990645441A6D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
3
<superScript id="1534500887B1853CC70D8BDF940AC434">rd</superScript>
&lt;4
<superScript id="19FD764D7BBD4879C31BF89DE13E89EA">th</superScript>
</td>
<td id="AA647B91076F838152E405495433DE37" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Unpatterned</td>
<td id="658622B95EEBC6DEF7A004DFCA978117" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Yellowish-brown</td>
<td id="78EE6164D35EFA687F33376532513C6F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Rectangular or irregular patches</td>
<td id="8E7F01185928ED7E6D5EE9BC798C6328" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Continuous</td>
</tr>
<tr id="DF0D12BF7D431DE85F782A406C49CA96">
<td id="0C51DBBC5D1C1987D2164E91A6F85E8F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="245FBBB369668CE4E6D640EEE3195F05" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="zayuensis">
<emphasis id="68C8FC06548C4FFD578F7DD98E33ACCD" italics="true">O. zayuensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="E87A86DB0F2BDE974540AE2B5D8AD075" colspan="1" rowspan="1">25 (27) 2319 (17)</td>
<td id="1EE9772B610CE15F1194B7FFA8C2BD38" colspan="1" rowspan="1">160177</td>
<td id="46FB07412E3026F543C2F4D9B0003B60" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4364, unpaired</td>
<td id="F6BA36805C1E28E614EF2E2DEB017262" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Yes or no</td>
<td id="B96580B75D2A26B6AED3E5CE990D30F5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
3
<superScript id="D9111783F38DC64CC9732C32DC902249">rd</superScript>
&gt; 4
<superScript id="8C786F3DEAAEC43CB20CC0F1427332F1">th</superScript>
</td>
<td id="487AE9246B1B57179929E40170AE5162" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Patterned or unpatterned</td>
<td id="4F2B493B3D981EAFF8333E37A967E8DD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Reddish-brown or brown</td>
<td id="604043CC98A77F6CE1918760B4F58C99" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Mostly trapezoidal and triangular</td>
<td id="24C26DB74C211FA478D32854D99F4239" colspan="1" rowspan="1">No visible white spots</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EBCBI" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="320E1F6AE45BD90C277CA2B826EE9716">
<heading id="0E3955E545440978BB0FB3268A95C4C6" reason="title">Distribution and ecology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7F2C0B1A3D7EC6858153283B9A9670AF">
<taxonomicName id="5F326BB3EE98E096373E3BC34E7693C5" authority="Qiu &amp; Wang &amp; Xia &amp; Jiang &amp; Zeng &amp; Wang &amp; Li &amp; Shi, 2024" authorityName="Qiu &amp; Wang &amp; Xia &amp; Jiang &amp; Zeng &amp; Wang &amp; Li &amp; Shi" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jenkinsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="2865D506ADF19BFA1F667DA88650B92C" italics="true">Ovophis jenkinsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="EEFF93359DEABD5EB3DC39D20210AD94" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is currently known only from Yingjiang County,
<collectingRegion id="E0C6CAA9CC2E5E9BBC74BA455D23D1D0" country="China" name="Yunnan">Yunnan Province</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="F39CD69C676FD97B12A662BA9538B284" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
. It was found in the tropical montane rainforest at an altitude of around
<quantity id="6F46C89AC9B60CA20785527C5D7233F4" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.3" unit="m" value="1300.0">1,300 m</quantity>
. Overlapping herpetofauna includes
<taxonomicName id="045FA647A8D68F93448D9EC745C3ABE9" authority="(Angel &amp; Bourret, 1933)" baseAuthorityName="Angel &amp; Bourret" baseAuthorityYear="1933" class="Squamata" family="Colubridae" genus="Lycodon" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chapaensis">
<emphasis id="9864CAE6AB1D584E803C202F1FB70042" italics="true">Lycodon chapaensis</emphasis>
(Angel &amp; Bourret, 1933)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="D21D23D122B4FFFECCBF46BD011113F8" authority="Smith, 1937" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1937" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Trimeresurus" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="popeiorum">
<emphasis id="96D6618B8342378A7E97321C0A837AF5" italics="true">Trimeresurus popeiorum</emphasis>
Smith, 1937
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="22EC326BFED99F6031A89AFA0D94ED27" authority="Xu et al., 2024" authorityName="Xu" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Agamidae" genus="Pseudocalotes" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jingpo">
<emphasis id="9C1305A316A2C06CD58475077F8107E3" italics="true">Pseudocalotes jingpo</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="8CBF18172B1F300F8F83FD2AD9ACC02B" DOI="10.3390/ani14060826" author="Xu" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Xu" issue="6" journalOrPublisher="Animals (Basel)" pagination="826" refId="B33" refString="Xu YH, Gong YN, Hou M, Weng SY, Liu S, Deng JD, Hu JK, Peng LF (2024) A new species of the genus Pseudocalotes (Squamata: Agamidae) from southwest Yunnan, China. Animals (Basel) 14 (6): 826. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14060826" title="A new species of the genus Pseudocalotes (Squamata: Agamidae) from southwest Yunnan, China." volume="14" year="2024">Xu et al., 2024</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, and other species (
<bibRefCitation id="0467F3DE78DE6005F670950EFBCCE580" DOI="10.3390/ani14060826" author="Xu" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Xu" issue="6" journalOrPublisher="Animals (Basel)" pagination="826" refId="B33" refString="Xu YH, Gong YN, Hou M, Weng SY, Liu S, Deng JD, Hu JK, Peng LF (2024) A new species of the genus Pseudocalotes (Squamata: Agamidae) from southwest Yunnan, China. Animals (Basel) 14 (6): 826. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14060826" title="A new species of the genus Pseudocalotes (Squamata: Agamidae) from southwest Yunnan, China." volume="14" year="2024">Xu et al. 2024</bibRefCitation>
). The new species reaches activity peak in autumn and is active nocturnally during light rain or high humidity, at temperatures around 1522 ° C (Fig.
<figureCitation id="8912A8201373A78065C65BF96B49B35D" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Ovophis jenkinsi sp. nov. and its microhabitat. Photographed by Zhong-Wen Jiang in Yingjiang, Yunnan." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1203.119218.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1059167">5</figureCitation>
). The
<typeStatus id="C2820CD96FB9411A5A0B6BAE3C7DB0EC">type</typeStatus>
specimens were collected at night in October. When threatened, these snakes inflate their bodies to make themselves appear larger and strike quickly. The specimen
<specimenCode id="F650432F808BB879B4C1CD4EC65EF37D">
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002680
</specimenCode>
had released odour from the cloacal scent glands when captured. We are currently unsure of the feeding habit of
<taxonomicName id="32CEDDDBD6F83ABD749954CF36B6C350" authority="Qiu &amp; Wang &amp; Xia &amp; Jiang &amp; Zeng &amp; Wang &amp; Li &amp; Shi, 2024" authorityName="Qiu &amp; Wang &amp; Xia &amp; Jiang &amp; Zeng &amp; Wang &amp; Li &amp; Shi" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jenkinsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="6C7469EB9A508912149A380B6023EA1B" italics="true">O. jenkinsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BB95BB8073F8D7155F3415D3822D20FF" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
in the wild. They fed on juvenile mice (
<taxonomicName id="F391EB1B653F6A5F4A01D97F233352AF" authority="Linnaeus, 1758" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="musculus">
<emphasis id="015D0F7F0741AE86D32FB973EFBFE0DF" italics="true">Mus musculus</emphasis>
Linnaeus, 1758
</taxonomicName>
) in our captivity observations. Therefore, we presume the species prey on small mammals in the wild.
</paragraph>
<caption id="E8C18585339DE6F9E810D9943E68DFE4" ID-DOI="10.3897/zookeys.1203.119218.figure5" ID-arpha="586A4E02-E8D2-53F3-A0AC-2FECD285326D" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1059167" startId="F5">
<paragraph id="A76BF5B018B88834B9B6E0F8B0A52630">
<label id="1C7E33A72DF7604E935DA06554AD53D6">Figure 5.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2C534D06D892051A129F18BAF2D5B744">
<taxonomicName id="489CE966191B922437ACB57A23C076E8" authority="Qiu &amp; Wang &amp; Xia &amp; Jiang &amp; Zeng &amp; Wang &amp; Li &amp; Shi, 2024" authorityName="Qiu &amp; Wang &amp; Xia &amp; Jiang &amp; Zeng &amp; Wang &amp; Li &amp; Shi" authorityYear="2024" class="Squamata" family="Viperidae" genus="Ovophis" kingdom="Animalia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jenkinsi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="C9D772F8309A4F0814A999FF2BBC40A2" italics="true">Ovophis jenkinsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="0D0702E2112B8CA6461FBB64C8733763" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
and its microhabitat. Photographed by Zhong-Wen Jiang in Yingjiang, Yunnan.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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