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Rainforest hognosed pitviper

Porthidium nasutum

Description:

Well i look for snakes all week long no luck so just to help in the snake week , today my friend 8 year old daughter spot this Pitviper at home, very common in the Yucatan Peninsula, about 25 cm long unfortunately this is the only photo , Nauyaca is the local name or Cuatro Narices , Adults are usually less than 40 cm in total length, and rarely more than 60 cm. Females are considerably larger than males. Moderately stout and terrestrial.

Habitat:

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 metres (3,000 ft) Wikipedia.

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Gerardo Aizpuru
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Gerardo Aizpuru

Mexico

Spotted on Sep 20, 2012
Submitted on Sep 20, 2012

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