---
title: "Rainforest Hognose Viper"
description: "Porthidium nasutum — Gady. Common names: hognosed pit viper, hognosed pit viper, rainforest hognosed pit viper, horned hog-nosed viper."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/rainforest-hognose-viper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rainforest Hognose Viper

> Porthidium nasutum — Gady. Common names: hognosed pit viper, hognosed pit viper, rainforest hognosed pit viper, horned hog-nosed viper.

- Scientific name: *Porthidium nasutum*
- Category: `reptiles` (Gady)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `jungle` (Dżungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 1157
- Wikidata: [Q374359](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q374359)
- iNaturalist taxon: [31011](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/31011)

## Names

- en: Rainforest Hognose Viper
- de: Nasenlanzenotter
- es: Nauyaca nariz de cerdo narigona

## Countries with the most observations

CR (753), EC (140), PA (58), HN (39), CO (36), MX (34), GT (16), NI (15), BZ (5)

## Summary

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.

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

## Photo

![Rainforest Hognose Viper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rainforest-hognose-viper/medium.jpg)

Photo: danielmoreno · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/199492000

## Machine access

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