Slender Hognose Viper
Porthidium ophryomegas
- Venom
- Venomous
- Constrictor
- Non-constrictor
- Type
- Pit Viper
- Family
- Viperidae
- Genus
- Porthidium
- Continents
- North America
- Countries
- 6
- How common
- Recorded in 71 places on iNaturalist
About
Slender Hognose Viper (Porthidium ophryomegas) is a venomous pit viper of the family Viperidae, found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and 1 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 11 more. Recorded in 71 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.
Related snakes
- Hognosed Pit Viper Porthidium nasutum
- Dunn's Hognose Viper Porthidium dunni
- 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.