Photo of a Three Horned-scaled Pitviper (Protobothrops sieversorum)
Photo: Xavier Rufray, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Three Horned-scaled Pitviper

Protobothrops sieversorum

Venom
Venomous
Constrictor
Non-constrictor
Type
Pit Viper
Family
Viperidae
Genus
Protobothrops
Continents
Asia
Countries
2
How common
Recorded in 5 places on iNaturalist

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About

Three Horned-scaled Pitviper (Protobothrops sieversorum) is a venomous pit viper of the family Viperidae, found in Laos, Vietnam. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, evergreen forest, indochina rainforest. Recorded in 5 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

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