This article was originally published on Critter Science.

The Taylor’s cantil, aka metapil, is a highly venomous snake that can be found in southern Tamaulipas, Mexico. These snakes prefer open canopied woodlands that contain limestone outcrops and rocky hillsides. Even though they face the threats of habitat destruction at the hands of agriculture and aquaculture; hunting; and trapping, […]

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