Photo of a Taiwan Mountain Pitviper (Ovophis makazayazaya)
Photo: Yin-ju Yang, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Taiwan Mountain Pitviper

Ovophis makazayazaya

Venom
Venomous
Constrictor
Non-constrictor
Type
Pit Viper
Family
Viperidae
Genus
Ovophis
Continents
Asia
Countries
4
How common
Common

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About

Taiwan Mountain Pitviper (Ovophis makazayazaya) is a venomous pit viper of the family Viperidae, found in China, Laos, Taiwan, Vietnam. It lives in habitats such as tropical montane forest, montane rainforest, subtropical forest, evergreen forest and 9 more. Common: recorded in 118 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.

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