For the asserted distinct species first identified in 2024, see Northern green anaconda.
Green anaconda
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene-recent[1]
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[2]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[3]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Suborder:
Serpentes
Family:
Boidae
Genus:
Eunectes
Species:
E. murinus
Binomial name
Eunectes murinus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Distribution of Eunectes murinus
Synonyms [4]
[Boa] murina Linnaeus, 1758
[Boa] Scytale Linnaeus, 1758
Boa gigas Latreille, 1802
Boa anacondo Daudin, 1803
Boa aquatica Wied-Neuwied, 1824
Eunectes murinus – Wagler, 1830
Eunectes murina – Gray, 1831
Eunectes murinus – Boulenger, 1893
Eunectes scytale – Stull, 1935
[Eunectes murinus] murinus – Dunn & Conant, 1936
Eunectes barbouri Dunn & Conant, 1936
Eunectes murinus murinus – Dunn, 1944
Eunectes akayima Rivas et al., 2024
The green anaconda (Eunectes murinus), also known as the giant anaconda, emerald anaconda, common anaconda, common water boa, or southern green anaconda, is a semi-aquatic boa species found in South America and the Caribbean island of Trinidad. It is the largest, heaviest, and second longest snake in the world, after the reticulated python. No subspecies are currently recognized. Like all boas, it is a non-venomous constrictor.
The term "anaconda" often refers to this species, though the term could also apply to other members of the genus Eunectes. Fossils of the snake date back to the Late Pleistocene in the Gruta do Urso locality.[1]
^ abHsiou, Annie; Winck, Gisele; Schubert, Blaine; dos Santos Avilla, Leonardo (1 June 2013). "On the Presence of Eunectos Murinus (Squamata, Serpentes) from the Late Pleistocene of Northern Brazil". Revista Brasileira de paleontologia. 16 (1).
^Calderón, M.; Ortega, A.; Scott, N.; Cacciali, P.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Gagliardi, G.; Catenazzi, A.; Cisneros-Heredia, D. F.; Hoogmoed, M.S.; Schargel, W.; Rivas, G.; Murphy, J. (22 November 2014), "Eunectes murinus", IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), doi:10.2305/iucn.uk.2021-2.rlts.t44580041a44580052.en Accessed 2022-04-08.
^"Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
^McDiarmid, R. W.; Campbell, J. A.; Toure, T. (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Vol. 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. ISBN 1893777014.
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