Species

Ovophis anitae

Ovophis anitae · described by DAVID, FRÉTEY & VOGEL 2024

Ovophis convictus, a close relative of Ovophis anitae

Pictured: Ovophis convictus, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.

Fossil specimen.

Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name
Ovophis anitae
First described
DAVID, FRÉTEY & VOGEL 2024
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Snakes (Serpentes)
Family
Viperidae
Genus
Ovophis

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree