Wildlifeof China
Jenkins' Mountain Pitviper
Vipers
Photo: Xian-Chun Qiu, Jin-Ze Wang, Zu-Yao Xia, Zhong-Wen Jiang, Yan Zeng, Nan Wang, Pi-Peng Li, Jing-Song Shi · CC BY 4.0 (May be cropped or resized)
Ovophis jenkinsi
Basic stats
Habitat
Tropical montane rainforest, about 1,300 m
Range
Yingjiang County, Yunnan, China (believed endemic)
Jenkins' mountain pit viper (Ovophis jenkinsi) is known from Yingjiang County in Yunnan, China, and is currently believed to be endemic to that area. It lives in tropical montane rainforest at about 1,300 m. (The Reptile Database; Wikipedia, general species account)
In this habitat it overlaps with other reptiles such as Lycodon chapaensis, Trimeresurus popeiorum and Pseudocalotes jingpo. (Wikipedia, general species account)
Quick answers
- What habitat does the Jenkins' Mountain Pitviper live in?
- Tropical montane rainforest, about 1,300 m
- Where is the Jenkins' Mountain Pitviper found?
- Yingjiang County, Yunnan, China (believed endemic)