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:''Common names: Hime habu, Okinawa pitviper,〔Gumprecht A, Tillack F, Orlov NL, Captain A, Ryabov S. 2004. ''Asian Pitvipers''. GeitjeBooks. Berlin. 1st Edition. 368 pp. ISBN 3-937975-00-4.〕'' ''Ovophis okinavensis'' is a venomous pitviper species found in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. No subspecies are currently recognized. ==Description== Adults are usually 30 to 80 cm (11¾-31½ inches) long. Body usually pale greenish-brown, or yellowish-olive (sometimes pale brown), with alternating, darker brownish or greenish dorsal blotches, each bordered with yellowish scales. Head large, triangular, distinct from neck, narrow dark postocular stripe.〔 Scalation includes: 23 or 21 rows of dorsal scales at midbody; 125-135 ventral scales; 36-55 paired subcaudal scales; and 8 (sometimes 7 or 9) supralabial scales.〔 The color pattern consists of a gray ground color overlaid with a series of dark gray of grayish-black crossbands. A ventrolateral pattern of black spots against a gray-white background is also present.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ovophis okinavensis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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