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Ovophis jenkinsi | |
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Holotype individual in life | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Viperidae |
Genus: | Ovophis |
Species: | O. jenkinsi |
Binomial name | |
Ovophis jenkinsi Qiu, Wang, Xia, Jiang, Zeng, Wang, Li & Shi, 2024 | |
Ovophis jenkinsi, commonly known as the Jenkins' mountain pitviper, is a venomous pitviper species found in Yunnan, China.
The species Ovophis jenkinsi was first described in a 2024 study based on five individuals collected by Zhong-Wen Jiang and Xian-Chun Qiu in 2018 and 2023, all originating from Tongbiguan Township, Yingjiang County in Yunnan, China. An adult male (IOZ 002679) deposited in the Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was designated as the holotype of the species, while the remaining four specimens (consisting of two adult females and two juveniles) were designated as paratypes. The specific name jenkinsi honors herpetologist Robert William Garfield Jenkins, who aided snake conservation and management projects in China, and the common name "Jenkins' mountain pitviper" has been proposed based on this. [1]
A molecular phylogenetic analysis conducted by Qiu and colleagues (2024) found that within the Ovophis genus, O. jenkinsi is the closest known relative of O. monticola , and that the two species are clustered with O. convictus . The results of the analysis are displayed in the cladogram below: [1]
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