Biology:Bothrocophias myersi
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Short description: Species of snake
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Viperidae |
| Genus: | Bothrocophias |
| Species: | B. myersi
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| Binomial name | |
| Bothrocophias myersi Gutberlet & Campbell, 2001
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Bothrocophias myersi, commonly known as the cheeked snake, the Chocoan toadheaded pitviper, the Chocoan toad-headed viper, and the equis red snake, is a species of venomous pit viper in the subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae. The species is endemic to Colombia.[1]
Geographic distribution
Bothrocophias myersi is present in the Pacific departments of Cauca and Valle del Cauca in Colombia. It occurs at elevations of 75–200 m (246–656 ft).[1]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of Bothrocophias myersi is forest.[2]
Behavior
Bothrocophias myersi is terrestrial.[2]
Reproduction
Bothrocophias myersi is ovoviviparous.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, myersi, is in honor of American herpetologist Charles William Myers.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Species Bothrocophias myersi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namediucn status 12 November 2021 - ↑ 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. (Chocoan toad-headed viper Bothrocophias myersi, p. 186).
Further reading
- Carrasco, P.A.; Mattoni, C.I.; Leynaud, G.C.; Scrocchi, G.J. (2012). "Morphology, phylogeny and taxonomy of South American bothropoid pitvipers (Serpentes, Viperidae)". Zoologica Scripta 41: 109–124.
- Castro-Herrera, Fernando; Ayerbe, Santiago; Calderon, John Jairo; Cepeda, Belisario (2005). "Nuevo registro para Colombia de Bothrocophias campbelli y notas sobre B. colombianus y B. myersi (Serpentes: Viperidae)". Novedades Colombianas 8 (1): 57–64. (in Spanish).
- Castro-Herrera, F.; Vargas-Salinas, F. (2008). "Anfibios y reptiles en el departamento del Valle del Cauca, Colombia". Biota Colombiana 9 (2): 251–277. (in Spanish).
- 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. (Bothrocophias myersi, new species).
Wikidata ☰ Q945915 entry
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