Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Viperidae > Bothriechis > Bothriechis nigroviridisBothriechis nigroviridis (Black-speckled Palm Pit Viper)Bothriechis nigroviridis is a venomous pit viper species found in the mountains of Costa Rica and Panama. No subspecies are currently recognized. The specific name is derived from the Latin nigro (black) and viridis (green) in reference to its distinctive color pattern. |
Name |
Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land Use |
Talamancan montane forests |
Costa Rica, Panama |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
|
|
|
|
Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Mesoamerica |
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama |
Yes |
|
|
|
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Living Hazards Database, Armed Forces Pest Management Board, U.S. Army Garrison - Forest Glen Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
|