📷 (c) Dmitry Dubikovskiy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · CC BY NC
📷 (c) Marcos Bruno, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
📷 (c) Nicholas Sly, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
IUCN: Least Concern
Green Anaconda
Eunectes murinus
KingdomAnimalia›PhylumChordata›ClassReptilia›OrderSquamata›FamilyBoidae›GenusEunectes
About
Green anacondas are among the heaviest snakes, using water for buoyancy and ambush hunting. They seize prey with powerful jaws and coils rather than venom. Females are much larger than males and give birth to live young after mating aggregations in wetland habitats.
Key Facts
⛰Habitat Swamps, marshes, slow rivers, flooded forest, and seasonally inundated grassland
🍃Diet Carnivore — fish, birds, reptiles, capybaras, caimans, and other mammals
📏Size & Weight Body commonly 4–6 m; exceptional females larger
•weight 30–100 kg or more
⏳Lifespan 10–15 years wild
🗺Range Tropical South America, especially the Amazon and Orinoco basins
ReptileSnake
Key Facts
⛰Habitat Swamps, marshes, slow rivers, flooded forest, and seasonally inundated grassland
🍃Diet Carnivore — fish, birds, reptiles, capybaras, caimans, and other mammals
📏Size & Weight Body commonly 4–6 m; exceptional females larger
•weight 30–100 kg or more
⏳Lifespan 10–15 years wild
🗺Range Tropical South America, especially the Amazon and Orinoco basins
Photo Credits
#1(c) Dmitry Dubikovskiy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · CC BY NC
#2(c) Marcos Bruno, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · CC BY NC
#3(c) Nicholas Sly, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · CC BY NC
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