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This is a list of extant snakes, given by their common names. Note that the snakes are grouped by name, ... Green anaconda; Yellow anaconda; Arafura file snake; Asp.
Here are some images of the northern green anaconda, indigenous to the Orinoco Basin of the Amazon and "magnificent" in size. 'Magnificent creatures': New photos show largest anaconda ever ...
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 ...
Prey of the northern green anaconda include large animals such as capybaras, caimans and deer. It is a keystone species in its ecosystem, whose presence impacts the habits and migration patterns of other species in the surrounding environment. Despite popular beliefs, there have been no confirmed records of E. akayima hunting or eating humans ...
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.
Original description : A size comparison of four different snakes; comparing large individuals of the extant green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) and reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus) to total length estimates of the extinct Gigantophis and Titanoboa. • The green anaconda is the largest (most massive) extant snake.
‘This was as primal as it gets,’ a biologist who studied the creatures said
Eunectes beniensis is a species of boa, reaching between 3.3–4.4 meters (11–14 ft) in length and can weigh up to 35 kilograms (77 lb). [citation needed] It was initially believed to be the result of hybridization between the green (Eunectes murinus) and yellow anaconda (Eunectes notaeus), but was later determined to be a distinct species.