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Chocoan Toadheaded Pitviper

Bothrocophias myersi

Potentially dangerous

Classification

Family
Viperidae

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. Geographic distribution Bothrocophias myersi is present in the Pacific departments of Cauca and Valle del Cauca in Colombia.

Distribution

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