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    Species Accepted

    Bothrocophias myersi Gutberlet & Campbell, 2001

    Chocoan Toadheaded Pitviper

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      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

      13 results
      Generic recognition for a neglected lineage of South American pitvipers (Squamata: Viperidae: Crotalinae), with the description of a new species from the Colombian Choco. (2001). American Museum Novitates, 3316, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2001)316<0001:grfanl>2.0.co;2 10.1206/0003-0082(2001)316<0001:grfanl>2.0.co;2Published in
      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-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.
      Bernal, R. (2025). Serpientes de Colombia-Guía de Campo. Serie de Guías Tropicales de Campo. 19: 396 Pp. Conservación Internacional Colombia, Bogotá.
      Carrasco, P.A., C.I. Mattoni, G.C. Leynaud, and G.J. Scrocchi. (2012). Morphology, phylogeny and taxonomy of South American bothropoid pitvipers (Serpentes, Viperidae). Zoologica Scripta 41: 109-124.
      Schätti B, & Kramer E. (1993). Ecuadorianische Grubenottern der Gattungen Bothriechis, Bothrops und Porthidium (Serpentes: Viperidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 100 (2): 235-278.
      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.

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