Ungaliophis

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Ungaliophis
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Panamanian dwarf boa (Ungaliophis panamensis)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Subfamily: Ungaliophiinae
Genus: Ungaliophis
Müller, 1880
Synonyms
  • Ungaliophis - Müller, 1880
  • Peropodum - Bocourt In A.H.A. Duméril, Bocourt & Mocquard, 1882 [1]
Common names: neotropical dwarf boas, bromeliad boas, banana boas.

Ungaliophis is a genus of dwarf boas found from southern Mexico to Colombia. Currently, two species are recognized. [2]

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Geographic range

Found from the Pacific coastal plain and Meseta Central of Chiapas in Mexico, south through Central America (Pacific Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama) to Colombia. [1]

Habitat

These snakes occupy a range of habitats from lowland rainforest to highland pine-oak forests to cloud forests. Their vertical distribution ranges from sea level to 2,300 m elevation. [1]

Species

Species* [2] Taxon author [2] Common nameGeographic range [1]
U. continentalis T Müller, 1880Chiapan dwarf boaSouthern Mexico (eastern Chiapas), southwestern Guatemala and Honduras.
U. panamensis Schmidt, 1933Panamanian dwarf boaSouthern Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and western Colombia.

T Type species. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN   1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN   1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. 1 2 3 "Ungaliophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 29 August 2007.
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