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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.
Images show 'magnificent' size of northern green anaconda. A close-up of the newly discovered northern green anaconda, found in the Amazon's Orinoco basin.
A northern green anaconda (Jesus Rivas) The finding, according to researchers, is pivotal for the conservation of anacondas, which are apex predators and vital to maintaining balance in their ...
It was thought that there was only one species of green anaconda in the wild, the Eunectes murinus, but the scientific journal Diversity this month revealed that the new "northern green anaconda ...
The green anaconda is the world's heaviest and one of the world's longest snakes, reaching a length of up to 5.21 m (17 ft 1 in) long. [11] More typical mature specimens reportedly can range up to 5 m (16 ft 5 in), with adult females, with a mean length of about 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in), being generally much larger than the males, which average ...
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 ...
Scientists working in the Amazon rainforest have discovered a new species of snake, rumored to be the biggest in the world.
Bolivian anaconda South America in the Departments of Beni and Pando in Bolivia: E. deschauenseei (=E. notaeus?) Dunn and Conant, 1936 [3] Dark-spotted anaconda South America in northern Brazil and coastal French Guiana [2] E. murinus (Linnaeus, 1758) [3] Green anaconda Peru, Bolivia, French Guiana, Suriname and Brazil [18] E. notaeus: Cope ...