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Porthidium nasutum (BOCOURT, 1868)

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Higher TaxaViperidae, Crotalinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Hognosed Pit Viper
G: Nasenlanzenotter, Regenwald-Stülpnasenotter
S: Víbora de hoja nasal 
SynonymBothrops nasutus BOCOURT 1868
Porthidium nasutum — COPE 1871: 207
Bothriopsis proboscideus COPE 1875: 150
Bothriechis probiscideus — COPE 1876
Bothriopsis brachystoma — COPE 1885: 183
Lachesis brachystoma BOULENGER 1896
Trimeresurus brachystoma BOCOURT 1909
Bothrops brachystoma — AMARAL 1927
Bothrops nasuta — AMARAL 1929: 26
Trimeresurus nasutus — POPE 1955
Bothrops nasuta — WILSON & MCCRANIE 1984
Porthidium nasutus — MEHRTENS 1987: 393
Bothrops nasuta — VILLA et al. 1988
Porthidium nasutum — CAMPBELL & LAMAR 1989: 321
Porthidium nasutum — LINER 1994
Porthidium nasutum — WELCH 1994: 101
Porthidium nasutum — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 322
Porthidium nasutum — SAVAGE 2002
Porthidium nasutum — WALLACH et al. 2014: 577
Porthidium nasutum — MARTÍNEZ-FONSECA et al. 2024 
DistributionMexico (Chiapas, Veracruz), Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia (incl. Valle del Cauca), Ecuador; elevation 0-200 m

Type locality: Panzos, on banks of Rio Polochic, Guatemala.  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 1592 (PETERS 1960 stated that the type is unknown)
Syntypes: USNM 30614-30616 [Bothriopsis proboscideus] 
Diagnosis 
CommentVenomous!

Synonymy partly after VILLA et al. 1988, who present also some color plates (86-87).

Habitat: terrestrial

Distribution: not in Yucatan state (Mexico), fide Gonzalez-Sanchez et al. 2017.

Type species: Bothrops nasutus BOCOURT 1868 is the type species of the genus Porthidium COPE 1871. 
EtymologyNamed after the Latin nasutus meaning "having a large nose," in reference to the upturned snout of the species. 
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