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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.
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.
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In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans , an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners . [ 1 ]
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 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.
Common name Scientific name Family Mass Image Length Range map 1 Green anaconda (a.k.a. Southern green anaconda) Eunectes murinus: Boidae: May exceed 227 kg (500 lb), [10] measurement validity questionable 97.5 kg (215 lb), reliable, maximum among 780 specimens caught over a seven-year period 1992–98 [11]
Common name Trinidad Tobago Bocas Is. Other Boa constrictor constrictor: Macajuel, boa constrictor Yes [6] Yes [6] Yes [note 5] [6] No Corallus ruschenbergerii: Cascabel dormillon; Cook's tree boa Yes [7] Yes [7] No No Epicrates cenchria maurus: Rainbow boa Yes [8] Yes [8] Yes [note 6] [8] No Eunectes murinus gigas: Green anaconda Yes [9] No No No