Hognosed Vipers
Porthidium
Porthidium is a genus of venomous pitvipers found in Mexico and southward to northern South America. The name is derived from the Greek word portheo and the suffix -idus, which mean "destroy" and "having the nature of", apparently a reference to the venom. As of August 2016 nine species are recognized as being valid. The snakes of the genus Hypnale in southern India and Sri Lanka look quite similar to those of this genus, possibly an...
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species
Rainforest Hognose Viper
speciesPorthidium nasutum
Lansberg's Hognose Viper
speciesPorthidium lansbergii
Slender Hognose Viper
speciesPorthidium ophryomegas
Dunn's Hognose Viper
speciesPorthidium dunni
Yucatán Hognose Viper
speciesPorthidium yucatanicum
White-tailed Hognose Viper
speciesPorthidium porrasi
Manabí Hognose Viper
speciesPorthidium arcosae
Western Hognose Viper
speciesPorthidium hespere
Ujarran Hognose Viper
speciesPorthidium volcanicum
Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 31008.