Bothrocophias myersi

Bothrocophias myersi
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Bothrocophias
Species:	B. myersi
Binomial name
Bothrocophias myersi Gutberlet & Campbell, 2001

Bothrocophias myersi, commonly known as the Myers toadheaded pitviper, or Chocoan toadheaded pitviper is a species of venomous pit viper. ^[2]

Geographic range

The snake is present in the Pacific departments of Cauca and Valle del Cauca in Colombia. It occurs between 75 and 200 meters of altitude. ^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, myersi, is in honor of the herpetologist Charles William Myers. ^[3]

References

1. Caicedo, J.R.; Bolívar, W.; Velasco, J. (2019). "Bothrocophias myersi (Chocoan Toadheaded Pitviper)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T178511A44955043. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T178511A44955043.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Species Bothrocophias myersi at The Reptile Database
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael;Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5.