Species

Ovophis medogensis

Ovophis medogensis · described by LIAO, SHI, LUO, HUANG, LINN, GIRI & WANG 2026

Ovophis convictus, a close relative of Ovophis medogensis

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 medogensis
First described
LIAO, SHI, LUO, HUANG, LINN, GIRI & WANG 2026
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