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. www.reptile-database.org.

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

Habitat The preferred natural habitat of Bothrocophias myersi is forest.

Behavior Bothrocophias myersi is terrestrial.

Reproduction Bothrocophias myersi is ovoviviparous.

Etymology The specific name, myersi, is in honor of American herpetologist Charles William Myers.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore. xiii + 296 pp. . (Chocoan toad-headed viper Bothrocophias myersi, p. 186).

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