Common Name: Green Anaconda
- Scientific Name Eunectes murinus
- Type: Reptiles
- Diet: Carnivore
- Group Name: Bed, knot
- Average Life Span In The Wild:
- 10 years
- Size:
- 20 to 30 feet
- Weight:
- Up to 550 pounds
- IUCN Red List Status:
- Not evaluated
- Current Population Trend:
- Unknown
A member of the boa family, South America’s green anaconda is, pound for pound, the largest snake in the world. Its cousin, the reticulated python, can reach slightly greater lengths, but the enormous girth of the anaconda makes it almost twice as heavy.
