Coffee Palm Viper
Bothriechis lateralis
- Venom
- Venomous
- Constrictor
- Non-constrictor
- Type
- Pit Viper
- Family
- Viperidae
- Genus
- Bothriechis
- Continents
- North America
- Countries
- 2
- How common
- Common
About
Coffee Palm Viper (Bothriechis lateralis) is a venomous pit viper of the family Viperidae, found in Costa Rica, Panama. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 11 more. Common: recorded in 88 places on iNaturalist.
Where it lives
Native range
Habitats
Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.
- Tropical Rainforest
- Tropical Moist Forest
- Tropical Lowland Forest
- Tropical Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Cloud Forest
- Tropical Dry Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Mountain Forest
- Mountain Slopes
- Mesoamerican Rainforest
- Central American Cloud Forest
- Central American Dry Forest
- Costa Rican Rainforest
- Panamanian Rainforest
Related snakes
- Rowley's Palm Pit Viper Bothriechis rowleyi
- Merendon Palm Pit Viper Bothriechis thalassinus
- Black-speckled Palm Pit Viper Bothriechis nigroviridis
- March's Palm Pit Viper Bothriechis marchi
- Guatemala Palm Pit Viper Bothriechis bicolor
- Eyelash Viper Bothriechis schlegelii
- Blotched Palm-Pitviper Bothriechis supraciliaris
- Yellow-blotched Palm Pit Viper Bothriechis aurifer
- Talamancan Palm-Pitviper Bothriechis nubestris
- Guifarro's Palm Pitviper Bothriechis guifarroi
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.