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    Species Accepted

    Bothrocophias myersi Gutberlet & Campbell, 2001

    Chocoan Toadheaded Pitviper
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Bothrocophias
    IUCNNear Threatened

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

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      9 results
      Bufadora Spanish
      Cabeza de Lanza Spanish
      Cachetona Spanish
      Chocoan Toadheaded Pitviper English
      Equis Red Snake English
      Equis Roja del Cauca Spanish
      Serpiente Equis Roja Spanish
      Taya del Cauca Spanish
      cheeked Snake English

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      12 results
      Campbell, J. A., & Lamar, W. W. (1989). The Venomous Reptiles of Latin America. Comstock Publishing/Cornell University Press, Ithaca.
      Valencia-Zuleta A, Jaramillo-Martínez AF, Echeverry-Bocanegra A, Viáfara-Vega R, Hernández-Córdoba O, Cardona-Botero VE, Gutiérrez-Zúñiga J, Castro-Herrera F. (2014). Conservation status of the herpetofauna, protected areas, and current problems in Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 8 (2): 1–18 (E87).
      Myers, C.W. & R.G. Zweifel. (1993). Biographical Sketch and Bibliography of Charles Mitchill Bogert, 1908-1992. Herpetologica 49 (1): 133-146.
      Castro, F.; Ayerbe, S.; Calderón, J.J. & Cepeda, B. (2005). Nuevo registro para Colombia de Bothrocophias campbelli y notas sobre B. colombianus y B. myersi (Serpentes:Viperidae). Novedades Colombianas 8(1): 57-64.
      Lindner, T., Griesbaum, F., Bock, S., Ernst, M., Neira-Salamea, K., Moreira, V., ... & Rödel, M. O. (2025). Hidden in the lows: a novel record of a Toad-headed Pitviper, genus Bothrocophias, in the lowland Chocó of Esmeraldas Province, northwestern Ecuador. Herpetology Notes, 18, 1175-1179.
      Beolens, B., & Michael Watkins, a. M. G. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA.
      Castro-Herrera, F., & Vargas-Salinas, F. (2008). Anfibios y reptiles en el departamento del Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Biota Colombiana 9 (2): 251 - 277.
      Gutberlet, R. L., & Campbell, J. A. (2001). Generic recognition for a neglected lineage of South American pitvipers (Squamata: Viperidae: Crotalinae), with the description of a new species from the Colombian Chocó. American Museum Novitates (3316): 1-15.
      Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy. (2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue]. Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 Pp.
      Bernal, R. (2025). Serpientes de Colombia-Guía de Campo. Serie de Guías Tropicales de Campo. 19: 396 Pp. Conservación Internacional Colombia, Bogotá.

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