According to recent media reports, Metallica frontman James Hetfield has a unique honor to celebrate: a new species of venomous snake has been named after him.

“Atheris hetfieldi was discovered by a team of metal-loving scientists led by Dr Luis Ceriaco,” staff writers with Loudersound.com report. “The species of African Bush Viper, which grows up to 52cm in length, lives at the base of a volcano on Bioko island in Equatorial Guinea and is characterised by ’a triangular-shaped head and strongly-keeled scales, which gives them a dragon-like appearance, which certainly is consonant with the image of a singer of an Heavy Metal band.’”

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