Ovophis makazayazaya

Tsai, Tein-Shun & Mao, Jean-Jay, 2017, Zavreliella undetermined, Zoological Studies 56 (38), pp. 1-23 : 12

Ovophis makazayazaya

Upper body of 70% of adults with a mid-dorsal series of diffuse and irregular dark cross bands, and a faint, spotted pattern laterally ( Fig. 5J ), while that of other adults not patterned ( Fig. 6A ); upper head generally with a dark, thick band extending from eye to corner of mouth; body scales smooth or occasionally feebly keeled around the vertebral line posteriorly; upper head covered only with small scales (except supraoculars); anal scale entire.

Figures

Fig. 5. Representative images of the dorsal head, anterior body, middle body, and posterior body of potential types of shed skins for the snake species: (A) Naja atra (type I; juvenile); (B) N. atra (type II; juvenile); (C) Oligodon chinensis (patterned-type I; juvenile; note that the leftmost panel [as patterned-type II] was from the posterior body region of an adult); (D) O. formosanus (patterned-type I; neonate); (E) O. formosanus (patterned-type II; adult); (F) O. formosanus (patterned-type II; adult; Orchid Is.); (G) O. ornatus (patterned; adult); (H) Oreocryptophis porphyraceus kawakamii (patterned-type I; juvenile); (I) O. p. kawakamii (patterned-type II; adult); (J) Ovophis makazayazaya (patterned; adult). Scale bar = 0.5 cm.

Fig. 6. Representative images of the dorsal head, anterior body, middle body, and posterior body of potential types of shed skins for the snake species: (A) Ovophis makazayazaya (not patterned; adult); (B) Pareas atayal (not patterned; adult); (C) P. formosensis (not patterned; adult); (D) P. komaii (not patterned; adult); (E) Plagiopholis styani (patterned; adult); (F) Protobothrops mucrosquamatus (patterned; adult); (G) Psammodynastes pulverulentus papenfussi (patterned; adult); (H) Pseudoxenodon stejnegeri stejnegeri (patterned; adult); (I) P. s. stejnegeri (not patterned; adult); (J) Ptyas dhumnades (patterned-type I; juvenile). Scale bar = 0.5 cm.