Hognosed Pit Viper
Porthidium nasutum
- Venom
- Venomous
- Constrictor
- Non-constrictor
- Type
- Pit Viper
- Family
- Viperidae
- Genus
- Porthidium
- Continents
- North America, South America
- Countries
- 9
- How common
- Common
About
Hognosed Pit Viper (Porthidium nasutum) is a venomous pit viper of the family Viperidae, found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala and 4 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 15 more. Common: recorded in 167 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
- Highlands
- Chocó Rainforest
- Andean Cloud Forest
- Mesoamerican Rainforest
- Central American Cloud Forest
- Central American Dry Forest
- Yucatán Tropical Forest
- Costa Rican Rainforest
- Panamanian Rainforest
Related snakes
- Dunn's Hognose Viper Porthidium dunni
- Slender Hognose Viper Porthidium ophryomegas
- Western Hognose Viper Porthidium hespere
- Yucatán Hognose Viper Porthidium yucatanicum
- White-tailed Hognose Pitviper Porthidium porrasi
- Manabi Hognose Pitviper Porthidium arcosae
- Ujarran Hognose Viper Porthidium volcanicum
- Lansberg's Hognosed Pit Viper Porthidium lansbergii
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.