Porthidium nasutum

Taxobox
name = "Porthidium nasutum"


status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
trend = stable
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Viperidae
subfamilia = Crotalinae
genus = "Porthidium"
species = "P. nasutum"
binomial = "Porthidium nasutum"
binomial_authority = (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" - Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970
* "Bothriechis nasutus" - Savage, 1980
* "Porthidium nasutum" - H.M. Smith & R.P. Smith, 1976McDiarmid 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: rainforest hognosed pitviper,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 venomous pitviper species found in Mexico, Central America and northern South America. No subspecies are currently recognized.ITIS|ID=585991|taxon="Porthidium nasutum"|year=2007|date=15 September]

Description

Adults are usually less than 40 cm in length, and rarely more than 60 cm. 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 900 m. 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 (v3.1, 2001).Redlist species|no=64344|genus=Porthidium|species=nasutum|date=15 September|year=2007] Species are listed as such due to their wide distribution, presumed large population, or because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category. The population trend is stable. Year assessed: 2007.Redlist CC2001|date=15 September|year=2007]

ee also

* List of crotaline species and subspecies
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* Snakebite

References

External links

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* [http://www.hondurassilvestre.com/query/animalia.asp?tsn=585991 "Porthidium nasutum"] at [http://www.hondurassilvestre.com/ Honduras Silvestre] . Accessed 12 February 2008.