Ovophis convictus (Stoliczka, 1870)

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2023, Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution, Zootaxa 5287 (1), pp. 1-378 : 280

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scientific name	Ovophis convictus (Stoliczka, 1870)
status

Treatment

Ovophis convictus (Stoliczka, 1870) — Erroneous.

Indo-Malayan Mountain Pit Viper

Singapore records.

Trimeresurus monticola — Boulenger, 1890a: 427.—Sworder, 1923: 73.—Pope, 1935: 415.— de Haas, 1950: 610.—K.K.P. Lim & L.M. Chou, 1990: 55.—K.K.P. Lim & F.L.K. Lim, 1992: 149.—L.M. Chou et al., 1994: 106.

Lachesis monticola — Boulenger, 1896: 548, 549.— Flower, 1896: 896.—Ridley, 1899: 204.— Calmette, 1908: 52.— Boulenger, 1912: 216.— de Rooij, 1917: 283.

Ovophis monticola — Manthey & Grossmann, 1997: 406.

Ovophis monticola convictus — David & Vogel, 1996: 158.— Cox et al., 1998: 24.— Iskandar & Colijn, 2001: 155.— Gumprecht et al., 2004: 24.

Ovophis convictus —K.K.P. Lim & F.L.K. Lim, 2002: 149.—N. Baker & K.P. Lim, 2008: 169.— Das, 2010: 305.—N. Baker & K.P. Lim, 2012: 169.— Das, 2012a: 75.—Wallach et al., 2014: 513.—Chan-ard et al., 2015: 283.— Das, 2018: 140.

Remarks. Boulenger (1890a) examined a specimen of O. convictus said to come from Singapore, but we doubt the validity of this record, especially since O. convictus is a montane species throughout its range (Tweedie 1953). Subsequent publications all refer to Boulenger (1890a), except for Pope (1935) who examined the specimen.

LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. Singapore (no locality): BMNH 1882.11.27.7 (no date).

Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Reptilia
Order	Squamata
Family	Viperidae
Genus	Ovophis