Porthidium nasutum

Porthidium nasutum
Specimen at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica
Scientific classification Edit this 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[2]
  • 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,[1] hognosed pit viper,[3] rainforest hognosed pit viper,[4] horned hog-nosed viper.[5]

Porthidium nasutum is a pit viper species found in southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America. No subspecies are currently recognized.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b c Lee, J.; Calderón Mandujano, R. (2007). "Porthidium nasutum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64344A12772539. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64344A12772539.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference RDB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. 2 volumes. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca and London. 870 pp. 1500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.
  5. ^ Brown JH. 1973. Toxicology and Pharmacology of Venoms from Poisonous Snakes. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. 184 pp. LCCCN 73-229. ISBN 0-398-02808-7.