These snakes have a skin coloring similar to those of the boa constrictor.

[2] The snakes are endemic to South America, more precisely in Ecuador.

[3] 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.

[4] Two specimens were found in the Colonso Chalupas national reserve and in the private Sumak kawsay park, the discoverers reported.

[5] The specific epithet honors early 20th century indigenous rights activist Dolores Cacuango.