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UNGALIOPHIS Muller 



1882 Ungal iophis Muller, Verh. Naturforsch. Ges. Basel, J: 142. Type-species: Unqal iophis 



cont inental is Muller (an earlier description of this genus appears as an unknown genus of the 

 Peropodes , i.e., boids, in Muller, ifli. ciL. , 6, 1878, 652, pi. l). 



1882 Peropodum Bocourt, Miss. Sci. Mex., Rept., 1882: 5^2. Type-species: Peropodum quatemalens is 

 Bocourt (based on Muller's 18/8 description, lac., c i t . ). 



Distribution: Mexico to Colombia. 



Content: Two species, according to most recent revision, by Bogert, Amer. Mus. Novitates, 23*0, 

 1568, 1-26, figs. 



Key to the species Clave de especies 



1. Scale rows at m i dbody fewer than 25 panamens i s 1. Menos de 25 filas en el medio del cuerpo 



Scale rows at midbody 25 cont i nental i s panamens is 



Filas en el medio del cuerpo 25 cont inental is 



UNGALIOPHIS CONTINENTALIS Muller 



1882 Ungal iophis cont i nental is Muller, Verh. Naturforsch. Ges. Basel, Jx 142. (An earlier description 

 appeared as "Nov. gen. Boid. Affin. Unqal[ ia j . Spec, quatemalens is ; " name was used by Muller, 

 loc. cjj.., 6, I878, 59I; full description, Muller, loc. cjj.. , I878, 652, pi. l). Type-locality: 

 Retalhuleu, Guatemala. 



1882 Peropodum quatemalens i s Bocourt, Miss. Sci. Mex., Rept., 1882: 'J2J, pi. 31> 'figs. 5"5'' (based on 

 Muller's I878 description, loc . c it . ). 



1568 Ungal ioph i s cont i nental i s — Bogert, Amer. Mus. Novitates, 2340: 14, figs. 2, 5> 3nd 8. 



Distribution: Low elevations from eastern Chiapas, Mexico, to Guatemala and Honduras along Pacific 

 slopes. 



UNGALIOPHIS PANAMENS IS Schmidt 



1933 Ungal iophis panamens is Schmidt, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., 89 (l): 12. Type-locality: Cerro 



Brujo, Panama. 

 1940 Ungal iophis dan iel i Prado, Mem. Inst. Butantan, 14: 35, 4 figs., 1 col. (p. 4l). Type-locality: 



Andes, southeast of Antioqu'a, Colombia. 

 1968 Ungal i oph i s panamens is — Bogert, Amer. Mus. Novitates, 2340: 14, figs. 1, 3"^» ^'^'^ 1' 



Distribution: Nicaragua, Panama, and Colombia. 



