Porthidium nasutum

Porthidium nasutum
Specimen at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Viperidae
Genus: Porthidium
Species:
P. nasutum
Binomial name
Porthidium nasutum
(Bocourt, 1868)
Synonyms
  • Bothrops nasutus Bocourt, 1868
  • Porthidium nasutum – Cope, 1871
  • Bothriopsis proboscideus
    Cope, 1875
  • Th[anatos]. sutus
    Posada Arango, 1889
  • Th[anatophis]. sutus
    – Posada Arango, 1889
  • Lachesis brachystoma
    Boulenger, 1896
  • Bothrops nasuta – Amaral, 1929
  • Trimeresurus nasutus
    – Dunn & Bailey, 1939
  • Bothrops nasutus
    – J.A. Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970
  • Bothriechis nasutus – Savage, 1980
  • Porthidium nasutum
    – H.M. Smith & R.P. Smith, 1976
Common names: hognosed pit viper, hognosed pit viper, rainforest hognosed pit viper, horned hog-nosed viper.

Porthidium nasutum is a pit viper species found in southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America. No subspecies are currently recognized.

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