Green anaconda
Eunectes murinus
Distribution
South America, east of the Andes, from Colombia to northern Paraguay. As well as Trinidad.
Habitat
Marshes and swamps
Method of reproduction
Ovoviviparous
Gestation
3.5 months
Number of pups
10 - 60
Longevity
40 years
Weight
Up to 200 kg
Size
6–9 m long
Diet
Carnivore
Conservation status
:
Not Evaluated
The heavyweight of the snake world
This snake is the heaviest in the world, especially the females: they can be five times larger than the males! It owes its name to the green color of the upper part of its body, while the ventral part varies between gray, orange, or yellow.
It feeds on large prey, which it kills by constriction: young tapirs, capybaras, fish, but also crocodiles, boa constrictors… The rare cases of attacks on humans that may have occurred have fueled the human imagination.
