Porthidium nasutum

{{Short description|Species of snake}}

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| image = Porthidium nasutum (La Selva Biological Station) 2.jpg

| image_caption = Specimen at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Lee, J. |author2=Calderón Mandujano, R. |date=2007 |title=Porthidium nasutum |volume=2007 |page=e.T64344A12772539 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64344A12772539.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus = Porthidium

| species = nasutum

| authority = (Bocourt, 1868)

| range_map = Porthidium nasutum distribution.png

| 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

| synonyms_ref = 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).

}}

:Common names: hognosed pit viper, hognosed pit viper, rainforest hognosed pit viper,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}}. horned hog-nosed viper.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}}.

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

Description

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Adults are usually less than {{convert|40|cm|in}} in total length, and rarely more than {{convert|60|cm|in}}. Females are considerably larger than males. Moderately stout and terrestrial.

Geographic range

Found in southern Mexico southward through Central America to western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador in South America. Inhabits the Atlantic lowlands from Mexico (Tabasco and Chiapas) through Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica to eastern Panama and northwestern Colombia. In the Pacific lowlands, it occurs in southwestern Costa Rica, central and eastern Panama, continuing on to northwestern Ecuador. It is found in mesic lowland broadleaf or rainforest from sea level to elevation of about {{convert|900|m|ft}}. The type locality given is "Pansos [Panzós], sur les bords du Polochic [Alta Verapaz] (Guatémala)."

Conservation status

This species is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is a widespread and moderately common species that is not facing major threats.

References

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Further reading

  • Bocourt, M.F. 1868. Descriptions de quelques Crotaliens nouveaux appartenant au genre Bothrops, recueillis dans le Guatémala. Annales des sciences naturelles, Series 5, 10: 201–202. ("Bothrops nasutus n. sp.", p. 202.)