Kingdom Animalia (animals) Eumetazoa (metazoans) Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals) Deuterostomia (deuterostomes) Phylum Chordata (chordates) Craniata (craniates) Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates) Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates) Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates) Tetrapoda (tetrapods) Amniota (amniotes) Class Reptilia (turtles, snakes, lizards, and relatives) Order Squamata Family Viperidae Genus Ovophis Species Ovophis okinavensis (Ryukyu Island Pit Viper, Okinawa pitviper)