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The longest venomous snake is the king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah), with lengths (recorded in captivity) of up to 5.7 m (19 ft) and a weight of up to 12.7 kg (28 lb). [53] It is also the largest elapid. The second-longest venomous snake in the world is possibly the African black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis), which
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.
Gigantophis is an extinct genus represented by its sole member Gigantophis garstini, a giant snake. [3] Before the Paleocene constrictor genus Titanoboa was described from Colombia in 2009, Gigantophis garstini was regarded as the largest snake ever recorded.
Snakes range greatly in size. The world longest snake is the reticulated python. The longest ever found in the species measured a whopping 32 feet, 9.5 inches long.
Scientists hold the head of a northern green anaconda, a newly discovered snake species. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Photos: 'Magnificent' northern green anaconda, largest ever ...
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.
The reticulated python is the largest snake native to Asia. More than a thousand wild reticulated pythons in southern Sumatra were studied, and estimated to have a length range of 1.5 to 6.5 m (4 ft 11 in to 21 ft 4 in), and a weight range of 1 to 75 kg (2 lb 3 oz to 165 lb 6 oz). [27]
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.