Lansberg's Hognosed Pit Viper
Porthidium lansbergii
- Venom
- Venomous
- Constrictor
- Non-constrictor
- Type
- Pit Viper
- Family
- Viperidae
- Genus
- Porthidium
- Continents
- South America, North America
- Countries
- 2
- How common
- Common
About
Lansberg's Hognosed Pit Viper (Porthidium lansbergii) is a venomous pit viper of the family Viperidae, found in Colombia, Panama. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 19 more. Common: recorded in 135 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
- Savanna
- Tropical Savanna
- Wet Savanna
- Grassland
- Tropical Grassland
- Mountain Slopes
- Highlands
- Chocó Rainforest
- Andean Cloud Forest
- Llanos Grassland
- Mesoamerican Rainforest
- Central American Cloud Forest
- Central American Dry Forest
- Panamanian Rainforest
Related snakes
- Hognosed Pit Viper Porthidium nasutum
- 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
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.