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title: "Lansberg's Hognose Viper"
description: "Porthidium lansbergii — Reptiles. Common names: Lansberg's hognosed pit viper."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/lansberg-s-hognose-viper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lansberg's Hognose Viper

> Porthidium lansbergii — Reptiles. Common names: Lansberg's hognosed pit viper.

- Scientific name: *Porthidium lansbergii*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 746
- Wikidata: [Q3007074](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3007074)
- iNaturalist taxon: [31014](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/31014)

## Names

- en: Lansberg's Hognose Viper
- de: Lansberg-Stülpnasenotter
- es: Patoco

## Countries with the most observations

CO (565), PA (101), VE (7)

## Summary

Common names: Lansberg's hognosed pit viper.
Porthidium lansbergii is a species of venomous snake, a pit viper in the family Viperidae. The species is native to eastern Central America and northwestern South America. Three subspecies are recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porthidium_lansbergii

## Photo

![Lansberg's Hognose Viper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lansberg-s-hognose-viper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Carlos Ceballos · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/213508189

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lansberg-s-hognose-viper?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).