Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Viperidae > Ovophis > Ovophis okinavensis

Ovophis okinavensis (Ryukyu Island Pit Viper, Okinawa pitviper; Okinawan habu)

Synonyms: Lachesis okinawensis; Trimeresurus okinavensis

Wikipedia Abstract

Ovophis okinavensis is a venomous pitviper species found in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. No subspecies are currently recognized.
View Wikipedia Record: Ovophis okinavensis

Attributes

Litter Size [1]  6
Maximum Longevity [2]  19 years
Venomous [3]  Yes

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Nansei Islands subtropical evergreen forests Japan Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests    

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Japan Japan Yes

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Gnathostoma doloresi[4]
Hexametra quadricornis[4]
Kalicephalus viperae[4]
Mesocoelium geomydae <Unverified Name>[4]
Sparganum mansoni <Unverified Name>[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1A neglected life-history trait: clutch-size variance in snakes, R. Shine and R. A. Seigel, J. Zool. Lond. (1996) 239, 209-223
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Living Hazards Database, Armed Forces Pest Management Board, U.S. Army Garrison - Forest Glen
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0