Ungaliophis

Ungaliophis
	Panamanian dwarf boa (Ungaliophis panamensis)
Scientific 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;

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. continentalis^T	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

^ ^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).
^ ^a ^b ^c "Ungaliophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.

External links

Ungaliophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 August 2007.

[McD99-1] 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).

[ITIS-2] "Ungaliophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.

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