Boa murina
Date 1734-1765
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Seba, Albertus. Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio, et iconibus artificiossimis expressio, per univ. physices historiam ... / Opus, ... ex toto terrarum orbe collegit, digessit, descripsit A.S Amstelaedami: Apud Janssonio - Waesbergios, & J. Wetstenium, & Gul Smith, 1735, Tom II, Tab XXIII, no.1.
Old Latin name Boa murina
New Latin name Eunectes murinus
Common name Nederlands: Anaconda
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The green anaconda (Eunectes murinus), also known as the common anaconda and water boa, is a non-venomous boa species found in South America. Eunectes murinus is found in South America east of the Andes, in countries including Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, the island of Trinidad, and as far south as northern Paraguay. The type locality given is "America". |
