Green AnacondaEunectes murinus
Location and Habitat
Green anacondas are found in northern South America in areas surrounding the Amazon River Basin.
Green Anaconda
Range
Found throughout tropical South America east of the Andes primarily in the Amazonian and Orinoco drainages. Also found on the island of Trinidad.
The Green Anaconda is found throughout tropical South America, east of the Andes, mainly in the Amazon and Orinoco basins and in the Guiana.
Green anacondas can grow to more than 29 feet (8.8 meters), weigh more than 550 pounds (227 kilograms), and measure more than 12 inches (30 centimeters) in diameter. Females are significantly larger than males.
Green anaconda
Eunectes murinus
At more than 29 feet long, weighing more than 550 pounds, and with a diameter of more than 12 inches, the green anaconda is the world's largest snake.
Green Anaconda Stats
Scientific Name: Eunectes murinus
Family: Boidae
Adult Size: Large specimens attain 14- to 16-foot lengths and weigh 150 to 180 pounds. The maximum length of this species slightly exceeds 33 feet.
The green anaconda occurs in South America, in the Amazon and Orinoco rivers system, and as far south as Bolivia. It is also found in Trinidad. Anacondas are tied very closely to water, and they are excellent swimmers and divers.
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Green Anaconda (Eunectes murinus)
Below you will find a collection of photos from various places. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1994-2007. While these images are the property of mongabay.
Green anaconda are carnivorous. In the wild these snakes will eat almost anything they can manage to overpower, including: fish, birds, mammals and reptiles.
Green Anacondas have very few natural predators because of their large size. Their greatest threat is man due to lack of knowledge about them and because of myths and stories depicting anacondas as man-eaters.
Green anaconda (Eunectes murinus)
While the anaconda may not hold the title of the worlds' longest snake-coming second to the reticulated python-its huge girth means that it... More 37 Images 7 Videos ...
The Green Anaconda is one of the world's longest snakes, reaching 5-7 m (18-23ft) long (known to be exceeded only by the reticulated python Python reticulatus).
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Because Green Anacondas capture the headlines and our imaginations as the world's largest snakes (at confirmed lengths of up to 37 and 1/2 feet and weights of more than 600 pounds), smaller Yellow Anacondas are practically an unknown species.
In the contest over which is the world's longest snake, South America's green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) and the two largest pythons of Africa and Asia are neck-and-neck-and-neck.
The heaviest snake in the world is the green anaconda. This enormous snake can grow to over 250 kilograms in weight, with their body measuring 30 cm in diameter.
which are able to open their mouths very wide to accommodate comparatively large prey. They are the most variably-sized order of reptiles, ranging from the 16 mm (0.63 in.) Jaragua Sphaero (Sphaerodactylus ariasae) to the 8 m (26 ft.) Green Anaconda ...
 See also: Anaconda, Python, Reptile, Cobra, Lizard
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