Ungaliophis

Ungaliophis
Panamanian dwarf boa (Ungaliophis panamensis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

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 name Geographic range[1]
U. continentalisT Müller, 1880 Chiapan dwarf boa Southern Mexico (eastern Chiapas), southwestern Guatemala and Honduras.
U. panamensis Schmidt, 1933 Panamanian dwarf boa Southern Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and western Colombia.

T Type species.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e 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. ^ a b c "Ungaliophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.