Tropidophis cacuangoae is a dwarf boa species in the genus Tropidophis, described in 2022.
T. cacuangoae usually grows to a length of 20 centimeters. These snakes have a skin coloring similar to those of the boa constrictor.[1]
The snakes are endemic to South America, more precisely in Ecuador.[2]
The species was discovered in 2022 in Ecuadorian Amazon by multi-organization researchers that included Mauricio Ortega Andrade, Alexander Bentley, Claudia Koch, Mario Yánez-Muñoz and Omar Entiauspe Neto.[3] Two specimens were found in the Colonso Chalupas national reserve and in the private Sumak kawsay park, the discoverers reported.[4] The specific epithet honors early 20th century indigenous rights activist Dolores Cacuango.