Ovophis makazayazaya

{{Short description|Asian snake species}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Taiwan mountain pit viper

| image = Ovophis makazayazaya 239273524.jpg

| image_caption = Ovophis makazayazaya on the forest floor

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Lau, M. |author2=Zhou, Z. |author3=Guo, P. |year=2022 |amends=2012 |title=Ovophis makazayazaya |volume=2022 |page=e.T196010A217771081 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T196010A217771081.en |access-date=8 February 2025}}

| genus = Ovophis

| species = makazayazaya

| authority = (Takahashi, 1922)

| synonyms = {{collapsible list |{{specieslist

|Ovophis monticola subsp. makazayazaya |(Takahashi, 1922)

|Trimeresurus makazayazaya |Takahashi, 1922

|Trimeresurus monticola subsp. formosensis |Mell, 1929

|Trimeresurus monticola subsp. makazayazaya |TU, 2000

|Trimeresurus monticora |Takahashi, 1930

|Trimeresurus monticora subsp. makazayazaya |Takahashi, 1930

|Trimeresurus orientalis |Schmidt, 1925

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| synonyms_ref = {{GBIF |title=Ovophis makazayazaya (Takahashi, 1922) |id=9289468 |access-date=2025-02-08}}

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The Taiwan mountain pit viper (Ovophis makazayazaya; {{langx|zh|台湾烙铁头蛇}}), also known as the Eastern mountain pit viper or Oriental mountain pit viper,{{Cite web |title=Genus Ovophis - taxonomy & distribution / RepFocus |url=https://repfocus.dk/Ovophis.html |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=repfocus.dk}} is a venomous snake native to southeast China, northern Vietnam, Laos, and Taiwan.{{Cite web |title=Ovophis makazayazaya |url=https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Ovophis&species=makazayazaya |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=The Reptile Database}} It was previously considered a subspecies of Ovophis monticola, but was suggested as a full species in 2011.{{Cite journal |last1=Malhotra |first1=Anita |last2=Dawson |first2=Karen |last3=Guo |first3=Peng |last4=Thorpe |first4=Roger S. |date=2011-05-01 |title=Phylogenetic structure and species boundaries in the mountain pitviper Ovophis monticola (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) in Asia |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1055790311000479?fr=RR-2&ref=pdf_download&rr=90e8ebdb7a5daca2 |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |volume=59 |issue=2 |pages=444–457 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2011.02.010 |pmid=21315823 |bibcode=2011MolPE..59..444M |issn=1055-7903}}