White-tailed Hognose Pitviper
Porthidium porrasi
- Venom
- Venomous
- Constrictor
- Non-constrictor
- Type
- Pit Viper
- Family
- Viperidae
- Genus
- Porthidium
- Continents
- North America
- Countries
- 1
- How common
- Recorded in 15 places on iNaturalist
About
White-tailed Hognose Pitviper (Porthidium porrasi) is a venomous pit viper of the family Viperidae, found in Costa Rica. It lives in habitats such as tropical dry forest, central american dry forest, costa rican rainforest. Recorded in 15 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
- Slender Hognose Viper Porthidium ophryomegas
- Western Hognose Viper Porthidium hespere
- Yucatán Hognose Viper Porthidium yucatanicum
- 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.