Tonkin pit viper

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English

A Tonkin pit viper in Hong Kong.

Etymology

Tonkin +‎ pit viper, a partial calque of translingual Ovophis tonkinensis (literally Tonkinese egg-snake) or translingual Trimeresurus tonkinensis.

Noun

Tonkin pit viper (plural Tonkin pit vipers)

  1. Ovophis tonkinensis, a species of common pit viper found in Southeast Asia.

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