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Porthidium hespere (Western Hognose Viper)

Synonyms: Bothrops hesperis

Wikipedia Abstract

Porthidium hespere is a venomous pitviper species found in western Mexico. No subspecies are currently recognized.
View Wikipedia Record: Porthidium hespere

Attributes

Venomous [1]  Yes

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Jalisco dry forests Mexico Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

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
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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