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Ungaliophis

Ungaliophis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Tropidophiidae
Genus: Ungaliophis
Müller, 1880
Synonyms
  • Ungaliophis - Müller, 1880
  • Peropodum - Bocourt In A.H.A. Duméril, Bocourt & Mocquard, 1882

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

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.

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.

* Not including the nominate subspecies
T Type species


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