Green Anaconda (Eunectes murinus)

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Subject:	Green Anaconda (Eunectes murinus)
Poster:	John White (john.white161@verizon.net)

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A fairly large female Green Anaconda, approximately 15-16 feet in total length.

The green anaconda, common anaconda or water boa (Eunectes murinus) is a non-venomous boa species found in South America. Eunectes murinus is the heaviest and one of the longest known extant snake species.

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Guest
how large do they grow exactly and where are they from in the world.

Guest
Scientific Name: Eunectes murinus (Linnaeus, 1758) Common Names: Anaconda, Green Anaconda, Water Boa, Große Anakonda [German] Synonyms: Boa aquatica Wiedneuwied, 1824 Boa gigas Latreille, 1802 Boa murina Linnaeus, 1758 Boa scytale Linnaeus, 1758 Eunectes barbouri Dunn & Conant, 1936 Eunectes gigas Beebe, 1946 Eunectes murinus gigas (Latreille In Buffon, 1801) Eunectes murinus murinus Duellman, 1978

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