Chinese Mountain Pit Viper
Ovophis monticola
- Venom
- Venomous
- Constrictor
- Non-constrictor
- Type
- Pit Viper
- Family
- Viperidae
- Genus
- Ovophis
- Continents
- Asia
- Countries
- 11
- How common
- Recorded in 63 places on iNaturalist
About
Chinese Mountain Pit Viper (Ovophis monticola) is a venomous pit viper of the family Viperidae, found in Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos and 6 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical montane forest, montane rainforest and 17 more. Recorded in 63 places on iNaturalist.
Where it lives
Native range
Habitats
Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.
- Tropical Rainforest
- Tropical Moist Forest
- Tropical Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Tropical Dry Forest
- Tropical Seasonal Forest
- Subtropical Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Broadleaf Forest
- Bamboo Forest
- Montane Woodland
- Mountain Forest
- Subalpine Forest
- Mountain Slopes
- Thailand Tropical Forest
- Indochina Dry Forest
- Indochina Rainforest
- Himalayan Foothill Forest
- Himalayan Montane Forest
- Sundarbans Mangrove Forest
- Taiwan Montane Forest
Related snakes
- Tonkin pitviper Ovophis tonkinensis
- Malayan Brown Pit Viper Ovophis convictus
- Zayuan mountain pitviper Ovophis zayuensis
- Okinawa Pitviper Ovophis okinavensis
- Taiwan Mountain Pitviper Ovophis makazayazaya
- Bothrops sonene
- Hetfield's Bush Viper Atheris hetfieldi
- Arunachal Pitviper Trimeresurus arunachalensis
- Crotalus caliginis
- San Esteban Island Rattlesnake Crotalus estebanensis
- Veracruz Neotropical rattlesnake Crotalus mictlantecuhtli
- Tehuantepec Isthmus Neotropical rattlesnake Crotalus ehecatl
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.