Subphylum Vertebrata Suborder Serpentes Scientific name Eunectes | Phylum Chordata Length Green anaconda: 4.6 m Rank Genus | |
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Lower classifications Green anaconda, Yellow anaconda, Eunectes deschauenseei | ||
Anaconda snake green anaconda the bigest in the wolrd eunectes murinus la anaconda verde
Eunectes is a genus of boas found in tropical South America. They are an aquatic group of snakes and include one of the largest snakes in the world, E. murinus, the green anaconda. The name Eunectes is derived from the Greek word Eυνήκτης, which means "good swimmer". Four species are currently recognized.
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- Anaconda snake green anaconda the bigest in the wolrd eunectes murinus la anaconda verde
- Anaconda eunectes snake reptile brazilian fauna
- Geographic range
- Feeding
- Relationship with humans
- References
Anaconda eunectes snake reptile brazilian fauna
Geographic range
Found in tropical South America from Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela south to Argentina.
Feeding
All four species are aquatic snakes that prey on other aquatic animals, including fish, river fowl, caiman, and capybaras. Some accounts exist of anacondas preying on domestic animals such as goats that venture too close to the water.
Relationship with humans
While encounters between people and anacondas may be dangerous, they do not regularly hunt humans. Nevertheless, threat from anacondas is a familiar trope in comics, movies and adventure stories set in the Amazon jungle. Anacondas have also figured prominently in South American folklore, where they are sometimes depicted as shapeshifting mythical creatures called encantados. Local communities and some European explorers have given accounts of giant anacondas, legendary snakes of much greater proportion than any confirmed specimen.
Although charismatic, there is little known on the biology of wild anacondas. Most of our knowledge comes from the work of Dr. Jesus Rivas and his team working in the Venezuelan llanos.