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Anacondas or water boas are a group of large boas of the genus Eunectes. They are a semiaquatic group of snakes found in tropical South America . Three to five extant and one extinct species are currently recognized, including one of the largest snakes in the world, E. murinus , the green anaconda .
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 snake in the world, after the reticulated python.
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.
They include anacondas, pythons and boa constrictors, which are all non-venomous constrictors. The longest venomous snake , with a length up to 18.5–18.8 ft (5.6–5.7 m), is the king cobra , [ 1 ] while contesters for the heaviest title include the Gaboon viper and the Eastern diamondback rattlesnake .
The title of the world's heaviest snake goes to green anacondas, according to the National History Museum. Green anacondas can be 20 to 30 feet in length, and can weigh over 550 pounds, according ...
A video shared online shows the scale of these 20-foot-long (6.1-meter-long) reptiles as one of the researchers, Dutch biologist Freek Vonk, swims alongside a giant 200-kilo (441-pound) specimen.
Applying anaconda proportions to the 40 cm (16 in) skull of Titanoboa results in a total body length of around 14.3 m (47 ft) (± 1.28 m (4 ft 2 in)). [7] In 2016, Feldman and his colleagues estimated that a 12.8 m (42 ft) long individual would have weighed 730 kg (1,610 lb) at maximum based on their equation to estimate the body size of boids.
Though the findings made by Fry's group are incredible, there are anecdotal reports from the Huaorani people of other anacondas in the area "measuring more than 7.5 meters long (24.6 feet) and ...