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title: "Side-striped palm pit viper"
description: "Bothriechis lateralis — Gady. Common names: side-striped palm pitviper side-striped palm viper, more."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/side-striped-palm-pit-viper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Side-striped palm pit viper

> Bothriechis lateralis — Gady. Common names: side-striped palm pitviper side-striped palm viper, more.

- Scientific name: *Bothriechis lateralis*
- Category: `reptiles` (Gady)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `mountains` (Góry)
- iNaturalist observations: 1845
- Wikidata: [Q1552229](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1552229)
- iNaturalist taxon: [30845](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/30845)

## Names

- en: Side-striped palm pit viper
- de: Palmenlanzenotter
- es: Lora
- fr: Vipère des palmiers
- pt: Víbora-listrada

## Countries with the most observations

CR (1688), PA (40)

## Summary

Common names: side-striped palm pitviper side-striped palm viper, more.
Bothriechis lateralis is a pit viper species found in the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama. No subspecies are currently recognized.

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

## Photo

![Side-striped palm pit viper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/side-striped-palm-pit-viper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ellyne Geurts · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192887519

## Machine access

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