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The snake elements were described as those of a novel, giant boid snake that they named Titanoboa cerrejonensis. The genus name derives from the Greek word "Titan" in addition to Boa, the type genus of the family Boidae. The species name is a reference to the Cerrejón region it is known from.
The largest known prehistoric snake is Titanoboa cerrejonensis, estimated at 12.8 m (42 ft) or even 14.3 m (47 ft) [265] in length and 1,135 kg (2,502 lb) in weight, [266] and madtsoiid Vasuki indicus which is estimated to reach between 11–15 m (36–49 ft). [267]
A diagram showing the estimated lengths of Gigantophis garstini compared to other large snakes.. Jason Head, of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, has compared fossil Gigantophis garstini vertebrae to those of the largest modern snakes, and concluded that the extinct snake could grow from 9.3 to 10.7 m (30.5 to 35.1 ft) in length.
A giant prehistoric snake longer than a school bus slithered around what is now India 47 million years ago, according to new research. ... A's hire former World Series MVP Dave Stewart for a front ...
A new snake species, the northern green anaconda, sits on a riverbank in the Amazon's Orinoco basin. “The size of these magnificent creatures was incredible," Fry said in a news release earlier ...
A ancient giant snake in India might have been longer than a school bus and weighed a ton, researchers reported Thursday. The newly discovered behemoth lived 47 million years ago in western India ...
Vasuki is an extinct genus of madtsoiid snake from the Middle Eocene Naredi Formation of India. The genus contains a single species , V. indicus , known from several vertebrae . Vasuki has an estimated body length between 10.9–15.2 m (36–50 ft), making it the largest known madtsoiid.
The Yellow sea snake (Hydrophis spiralis) is the largest of the sea snakes growing up to a length of 3 m (10 ft). Few other elapids can reach or exceed 3 m (10 ft) in length and 9 kg (20 lb) in weight. [65] [66] The Eastern diamondback rattlesnake is one of the heaviest venomous snakes in the world.