diff --git a/litellm/integrations/arize/arize.py b/litellm/integrations/arize/arize.py
index 60c6adf575..768f8a655d 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/arize/arize.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/arize/arize.py
@@ -101,3 +101,11 @@ class ArizeLogger(OpenTelemetry):
     ):
         """Arize is used mainly for LLM I/O tracing, sending router+caching metrics adds bloat to arize logs"""
         pass
+
+    def create_litellm_proxy_request_started_span(
+        self,
+        start_time: datetime,
+        headers: dict,
+    ):
+        """Arize is used mainly for LLM I/O tracing, sending Proxy Server Request adds bloat to arize logs"""
+        pass
diff --git a/litellm/integrations/opentelemetry.py b/litellm/integrations/opentelemetry.py
index 53bac2e2a7..76b8ec75c5 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/opentelemetry.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/opentelemetry.py
@@ -485,12 +485,7 @@ class OpenTelemetry(CustomLogger):
         self, span: Span, kwargs, response_obj: Optional[Any]
     ):
         try:
-            if self.callback_name == "arize":
-                from litellm.integrations.arize.arize import ArizeLogger
-
-                ArizeLogger.set_arize_attributes(span, kwargs, response_obj)
-                return
-            elif self.callback_name == "arize_phoenix":
+            if self.callback_name == "arize_phoenix":
                 from litellm.integrations.arize.arize_phoenix import ArizePhoenixLogger
 
                 ArizePhoenixLogger.set_arize_phoenix_attributes(
@@ -1006,3 +1001,18 @@ class OpenTelemetry(CustomLogger):
             )
             management_endpoint_span.set_status(Status(StatusCode.ERROR))
             management_endpoint_span.end(end_time=_end_time_ns)
+
+    def create_litellm_proxy_request_started_span(
+        self,
+        start_time: datetime,
+        headers: dict,
+    ) -> Optional[Span]:
+        """
+        Create a span for the received proxy server request.
+        """
+        return self.tracer.start_span(
+            name="Received Proxy Server Request",
+            start_time=self._to_ns(start_time),
+            context=self.get_traceparent_from_header(headers=headers),
+            kind=self.span_kind.SERVER,
+        )
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/user_api_key_auth.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/user_api_key_auth.py
index 7e293b758d..63411cab12 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/user_api_key_auth.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/user_api_key_auth.py
@@ -370,14 +370,11 @@ async def _user_api_key_auth_builder(  # noqa: PLR0915
             )
 
         if open_telemetry_logger is not None:
-
-            parent_otel_span = open_telemetry_logger.tracer.start_span(
-                name="Received Proxy Server Request",
-                start_time=_to_ns(start_time),
-                context=open_telemetry_logger.get_traceparent_from_header(
-                    headers=request.headers
-                ),
-                kind=open_telemetry_logger.span_kind.SERVER,
+            parent_otel_span = (
+                open_telemetry_logger.create_litellm_proxy_request_started_span(
+                    start_time=start_time,
+                    headers=dict(request.headers),
+                )
             )
 
         ### USER-DEFINED AUTH FUNCTION ###
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index 37790cb489..f10b4ef86b 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -33,9 +33,12 @@ from litellm.types.utils import (
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from opentelemetry.trace import Span as _Span
 
+    from litellm.integrations.opentelemetry import OpenTelemetry
+
     Span = _Span
 else:
     Span = Any
+    OpenTelemetry = Any
 
 
 def showwarning(message, category, filename, lineno, file=None, line=None):
@@ -777,7 +780,7 @@ disable_spend_logs = False
 jwt_handler = JWTHandler()
 prompt_injection_detection_obj: Optional[_OPTIONAL_PromptInjectionDetection] = None
 store_model_in_db: bool = False
-open_telemetry_logger: Optional[Any] = None
+open_telemetry_logger: Optional[OpenTelemetry] = None
 ### INITIALIZE GLOBAL LOGGING OBJECT ###
 proxy_logging_obj = ProxyLogging(
     user_api_key_cache=user_api_key_cache, premium_user=premium_user