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An underwater close-up of the northern green anaconda, a new species discovered in the Amazon's Orinoco basin. Details on the snakes found have been published in the journal MDPI Diversity.
(Reuters) - Researchers in the Amazon have discovered the world's largest snake species - an enormous green anaconda - in Ecuador's rainforest that split off from its closest relatives 10 million ...
The new species, described in the journal Diversity, diverged from the previously known southern green anaconda about 10 million years ago, differing genetically from it by 5.5 per cent.
The green anaconda (Eunectes murinus), also known as the giant anaconda, emerald anaconda, common anaconda, common water boa, or southern green anaconda, is a semi-aquatic boa species found in South America and the Caribbean island of Trinidad. It is the largest, heaviest, and second longest (after the reticulated python) snake in the world.
The northern green anaconda (Eunectes akayima) is a disputed boa species found in northern South America and the Caribbean island of Trinidad.It is closely related to Eunectes murinus, the (southern) green anaconda, from which it was claimed to be genetically distinct in 2024.
Green anaconda Peru, Bolivia, French Guiana, Suriname and Brazil [18] E. notaeus: Cope, 1862 [3] Yellow anaconda South America in eastern Bolivia, central-western Brazil, Paraguay and northeastern Argentina [2] †E. stirtoni: Hoffstetter and Rage, 1977 [20] This species is extinct; its fossils have been found in the La Venta fauna in Colombia ...
The Green Anaconda is the largest and most well-known species and inhabits parts of: Brazil. ... Other species, like the Yellow Anaconda, are found in Paraguay, Bolivia, southern Brazil, and ...
Whether the number is fourteen or fifteen depends on whether a DNA analysis reported in 2024 results in the recognition of the northern green anaconda ("Eunectes akayima", listed in row 1b below) as a species distinct from the ordinary (southern) green anaconda (Eunectes murinus). These include all species that reach a length of at least 20 ft ...