Porthidium nasutum

Porthidium nasutum
	Specimen at La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Porthidium
Species:	P. nasutum
Binomial name
	Porthidium nasutum; (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 ; — J.A. Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970; Bothriechis nasutus ; — Savage, 1980; Porthidium nasutum ; — H.M. Smith & R.B. Smith, 1976;

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

Porthidium nasutum is a pit viper species native to southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America. No subspecies are recognized as being valid.