Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Boidae > Eunectes > Eunectes murinusEunectes murinus (Anaconda, Green Anaconda; Green anaconda)Synonyms: Boa aquatica; Boa gigas; Boa murina; Boa scytale; Eunectes barbouri; Eunectes murinus gigas; Eunectes murinus murinus; Eunectes scytale The green anaconda (Eunectes murinus), also known as the common anaconda and water boa, is a non-venomous boa species found in South America. It is the heaviest and one of the longest known extant snake species. The term anaconda often refers to this species, though the term could also apply to other members of the genus Eunectes. The green anaconda's scientific name is derived from the Greek εὐνήκτης, meaning "good swimmer", and the Latin murinus, meaning "of mice", for being thought to prey on mice. |
Gestation [2] | 6 months | Litter Size [2] | 35 | Litters / Year [2] | 1 | Maximum Longevity [3] | 32 years | Snout to Vent Length [2] | 10.463 feet (319 cm) | Water Biome [1] | Lakes and Ponds, Rivers and Streams | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Adult Weight [2] | 214.952 lbs (97.50 kg) | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Diet [1] | Carnivore | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Female Maturity [2] | 2 years 6 months |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land Use |
Alta Paraná Atlantic forests |
Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Amazon-Orinoco-Southern Caribbean mangroves |
Brazil, Columbia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela |
Neotropic |
Mangroves |
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Beni savanna |
Bolivia |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Caqueta moist forests |
Brazil, Columbia |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Catatumbo moist forests |
Venezuela |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Cerrado |
Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Chiquitano dry forests |
Bolivia, Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Guianan Freshwater swamp forests |
Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Guianan Highlands moist forests |
Venezuela, Brazil, Guyana, Colombia |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Guianan moist forests |
Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Venezuela |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Guianan savanna |
Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Iquitos varzea |
Brazil, Peru, Bolivia |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Japurá-Solimoes-Negro moist forests |
Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Llanos |
Colombia, Venezuela |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Marajó varzea |
Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Maranhao Babatu forests |
Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Napo moist forests |
Colombia, Venezuela, Peru |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Negro-Branco moist forests |
Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Orinoco Delta swamp forests |
Venezuela, Guyana |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Pantanal |
Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay |
Neotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Purus varzea |
Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Solimões-Japurá moist forest |
Brazil, Colombia, Peru |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Southwest Amazon moist forests |
Peru, Brazil, Bolivia |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Tocantins/Pindare moist forests |
Brazil |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Uatuma-Trombetas moist forests |
Brazil, Guyana, Suriname |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Ucayali moist forests |
Peru |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Atlantic Forest |
Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay |
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Cerrado |
Brazil |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org♦ 2Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774 ♦ 4Animals of the Rainforest♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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