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mythology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Indigenous_mythology-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div 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href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukuri" title="Sukuri – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Sukuri" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anakondalar" title="Anakondalar – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Anakondalar" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1" title="آناکوندالار – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="آناکوندالار" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8" title="Анаконди – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Анаконди" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunectes" title="Eunectes – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Eunectes" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunectes" title="Eunectes – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Eunectes" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anakonda" title="Anakonda – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Anakonda" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anakonda" title="Anakonda – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Anakonda" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anakondas" title="Anakondas – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Anakondas" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nv mw-list-item"><a href="https://nv.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%B3_t%C5%82%CA%BCiish_daantsaa%C3%ADg%C3%AD%C3%AD" title="Tó tłʼiish daantsaaígíí – Navajo" lang="nv" hreflang="nv" data-title="Tó tłʼiish daantsaaígíí" data-language-autonym="Diné bizaad" data-language-local-name="Navajo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Diné bizaad</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anakonda" title="Anakonda – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Anakonda" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%BA%CF%8C%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B1" title="Ανακόντα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ανακόντα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunectes" title="Eunectes – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Eunectes" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anakondo" title="Anakondo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Anakondo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anakonda" title="Anakonda – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Anakonda" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7" title="آناکوندا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آناکوندا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunectes" title="Eunectes – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Eunectes" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacanda" title="Anacanda – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Anacanda" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaconda" title="Anaconda – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Anaconda" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaconda" title="Anaconda – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Anaconda" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EB%82%98%EC%BD%98%EB%8B%A4" title="아나콘다 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아나콘다" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Անակոնդաներ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Անակոնդաներ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anakonde" title="Anakonde – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Anakonde" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anakonda" title="Anakonda – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Anakonda" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%C3%A6%D1%82%C3%A6" title="Анакондæтæ – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Анакондæтæ" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunectes" title="Eunectes – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Eunectes" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%94" title="אנקונדה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אנקונדה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%85%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8A%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A1" title="ಅನಕೊಂಡ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಅನಕೊಂಡ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Анакондалар – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Анакондалар" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anakondas" title="Anakondas – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Anakondas" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunectes" title="Eunectes – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Eunectes" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8" title="Анаконди – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Анаконди" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F" title="അനക്കോണ്ട – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="അനക്കോണ്ട" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_(%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%81)" title="اناكوندا (جنس من الزواحف) – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="اناكوندا (جنس من الزواحف)" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anakonda" title="Anakonda – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Anakonda" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaconda%27s" title="Anaconda's – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Anaconda's" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8A%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80" title="アナコンダ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アナコンダ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anakondas" title="Anakondas – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Anakondas" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anakondaer" title="Anakondaer – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Anakondaer" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anakondalar" title="Anakondalar – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Anakondalar" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunectes" title="Eunectes – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Eunectes" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a 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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Anaconda_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Anaconda (disambiguation)">Anaconda (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <table class="infobox biota" style="text-align: left; width: 200px; font-size: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)">Anaconda<br /><div style="font-size: 85%;">Temporal range: Miocene–recent<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Eunectes_murinus2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Eunectes_murinus2.jpg/220px-Eunectes_murinus2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Eunectes_murinus2.jpg/330px-Eunectes_murinus2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Eunectes_murinus2.jpg/440px-Eunectes_murinus2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="513" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 88%">Green anaconda (<i><a href="/wiki/Green_anaconda" title="Green anaconda">E. murinus</a></i>) </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; min-width:15em; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Taxonomy_(biology)" title="Taxonomy (biology)">Scientific classification</a> <span class="plainlinks taxobox-edit-taxonomy skin-invert" style="font-size:smaller; float:right; padding-right:0.4em; margin-left:-3em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Template:Taxonomy/Eunectes" title="Edit this classification"><img alt="Edit this classification" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/23px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/30px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Domain: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eukaryote" title="Eukaryote">Eukaryota</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kingdom: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Animal" title="Animal">Animalia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Phylum: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chordate" title="Chordate">Chordata</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Class: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reptile" title="Reptile">Reptilia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Order: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Squamata" title="Squamata">Squamata</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Suborder: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Snake" title="Snake">Serpentes</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Family: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boidae" title="Boidae">Boidae</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Subfamily: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boinae" title="Boinae">Boinae</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Genus: </td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Eunectes</i></a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Johann_Georg_Wagler" title="Johann Georg Wagler">Wagler</a>, 1830<sup id="cite_ref-McD99_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McD99-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Type_species" title="Type species">Type species</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><i><a href="/wiki/Eunectes_murinus" class="mw-redirect" title="Eunectes murinus">Boa murina</a></i><br /><div style="font-size: 85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus" title="Carl Linnaeus">Linnaeus</a>, <a href="/wiki/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae" title="10th edition of Systema Naturae">1758</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-McD99_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McD99-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Anaconda_Range.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Anaconda_Range.jpg/250px-Anaconda_Range.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Anaconda_Range.jpg/330px-Anaconda_Range.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Anaconda_Range.jpg/500px-Anaconda_Range.jpg 2x" data-file-width="639" data-file-height="389" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 88%">Range of <i>Eunectes</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Synonym_(taxonomy)" title="Synonym (taxonomy)">Synonyms</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: left"> <ul><li><i>Draco</i> <a href="/wiki/Lorenz_Oken" title="Lorenz Oken">Oken</a>, 1816</li></ul> </td></tr> </tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238732961">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:white}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.biota .taxobox-edit-taxonomy img{background:transparent!important}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox{margin-top:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox tr.taxonrow td{padding:2px 10px}</style> <p><b>Anacondas</b> or <b>water boas</b> are a group of large <a href="/wiki/Boinae" title="Boinae">boas</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Genus" title="Genus">genus</a> <i><b>Eunectes</b></i>. They are a semiaquatic group of <a href="/wiki/Snake" title="Snake">snakes</a> found in tropical <a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a>. Three to five extant and one extinct <a href="/wiki/Species" title="Species">species</a> are currently recognized, including one of the largest snakes in the world, <i>E. murinus</i>, the <a href="/wiki/Green_anaconda" title="Green anaconda">green anaconda</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ITIS_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ITIS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NRDB_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NRDB-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rivas_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rivas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2></div> <p>Although the name applies to a group of snakes, it is often used to refer only to one species, in particular, the common or <a href="/wiki/Green_anaconda" title="Green anaconda">green anaconda</a> (<i>Eunectes murinus</i>),<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> which is the largest snake in the world by weight, and the second longest after the <a href="/wiki/Reticulated_python" title="Reticulated python">reticulated python</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origin">Origin</h2></div> <p>The recent fossil record of <i>Eunectes</i> is relatively sparse compared to other vertebrates and other genera of snakes. The fossil record of this group is effected by an artifact called the Pull of the Recent.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fossils of recent ancestors are not known, so the living species 'pull' the historical range of the genus to the present. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anaconda_Redpath_museum.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Anaconda_Redpath_museum.jpg/960px-Anaconda_Redpath_museum.jpg" decoding="async" width="550" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Anaconda_Redpath_museum.jpg/1100px-Anaconda_Redpath_museum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5152" data-file-height="1216" /></a><figcaption>An anaconda skeleton at the <a href="/wiki/Redpath_Museum" title="Redpath Museum">Redpath Museum</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The name <i>Eunectes</i> is derived from <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Ancient Greek</a>: <span lang="grc">εὐνήκτης</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Ancient_Greek" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Ancient Greek">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Ancient Greek-language romanization"><i lang="grc-Latn">eunēktēs</i></span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'good swimmer'. </p><p>The South American names <i>anacauchoa</i> and <i>anacaona</i> were suggested in an account by <a href="/wiki/Peter_Martyr_d%27Anghiera" title="Peter Martyr d'Anghiera">Peter Martyr d'Anghiera</a>. The idea of a South American origin was questioned by <a href="/wiki/Henry_Walter_Bates" title="Henry Walter Bates">Henry Walter Bates</a> who, in his travels in South America, failed to find any similar name in use. The word anaconda is derived from the name of a snake from Ceylon (<a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>) that <a href="/wiki/John_Ray" title="John Ray">John Ray</a> described in Latin in his <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Synopsis Methodica Animalium</i></span></i> (1693) as <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">serpens indicus bubalinus anacandaia zeylonibus, ides bubalorum aliorumque jumentorum membra conterens</i></span></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ray used a catalogue of snakes from the <a href="/wiki/Rijksmuseum_van_Natuurlijke_Historie" title="Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie">Leyden museum</a> supplied by Dr. <a href="/wiki/Tancred_Robinson" title="Tancred Robinson">Tancred Robinson</a>. The description of its habit was based on <a href="/wiki/Andreas_Cleyer" title="Andreas Cleyer">Andreas Cleyer</a>, who in 1684 described a gigantic snake that crushed large animals by coiling around their bodies and crushing their bones.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Henry_Yule" title="Henry Yule">Henry Yule</a> in his 1886 work <i><a href="/wiki/Hobson-Jobson" title="Hobson-Jobson">Hobson-Jobson</a></i>, notes that the word became more popular due to a piece of fiction published in 1768 in the Scots Magazine by a certain R. Edwin. Edwin described a '<a href="/wiki/Tiger" title="Tiger">tiger</a>' being crushed to death by an anaconda, when there were never any tigers in Sri Lanka.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Yule and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Wall_(herpetologist)" title="Frank Wall (herpetologist)">Frank Wall</a> noted that the snake was a python and suggested a <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a> origin <i><span title="Tamil-language romanization"><i lang="ta-Latn">anai-kondra</i></span></i> meaning elephant killer.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/Sinhala_language" title="Sinhala language">Sinhalese</a> origin was also suggested by Donald Ferguson who pointed out that the word <i><span title="Sinhala-language romanization"><i lang="si-Latn">Henakandaya</i></span></i> (<i><span title="Sinhala-language romanization"><i lang="si-Latn">hena</i></span></i> lightning/large and <i><span title="Sinhala-language romanization"><i lang="si-Latn">kanda</i></span></i> stem/trunk) was used in Sri Lanka for the small whip snake (<i><a href="/wiki/Ahaetulla_pulverulenta" title="Ahaetulla pulverulenta">Ahaetulla pulverulenta</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and somehow got misapplied to the python before myths were created.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The name commonly used for the anaconda in Brazil is <i>sucuri</i>, <i>sucuriju</i> or <i>sucuriuba</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anaconda_and_Squamata_skeletons.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Anaconda_and_Squamata_skeletons.jpg/220px-Anaconda_and_Squamata_skeletons.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Anaconda_and_Squamata_skeletons.jpg/330px-Anaconda_and_Squamata_skeletons.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Anaconda_and_Squamata_skeletons.jpg/440px-Anaconda_and_Squamata_skeletons.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>A 4.3-metre (14 ft) anaconda skeleton (center) on display at the <a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Osteology" title="Museum of Osteology">Museum of Osteology</a>, alongside other species for comparison</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Distribution_and_habitat">Distribution and habitat</h2></div> <p>Found in tropical <a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a> from <a href="/wiki/Ecuador" title="Ecuador">Ecuador</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a> south to <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-McD99_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McD99-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Feeding">Feeding</h2></div> <p>All five species are aquatic snakes that prey on other aquatic animals, including <a href="/wiki/Fish" title="Fish">fish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Water_bird" title="Water bird">river fowl</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Caiman" title="Caiman">caiman</a>. Videos exist of anacondas preying on domestic animals such as <a href="/wiki/Goat" title="Goat">goats</a> and sometimes even young <a href="/wiki/Jaguar" title="Jaguar">jaguars</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that venture too close to the water. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Relationship_with_humans">Relationship with humans</h2></div> <p>While encounters between people and anacondas may be dangerous, they do not regularly <a href="/wiki/Man-eating_animal" title="Man-eating animal">hunt humans</a>. Nevertheless, threat from anacondas is a <a href="/wiki/Clich%C3%A9" title="Cliché">familiar trope</a> in <a href="/wiki/Comics" title="Comics">comics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anaconda_(film_series)" title="Anaconda (film series)">movies</a>, and adventure stories (often published in <a href="/wiki/Pulp_magazine" title="Pulp magazine">pulp magazines</a> or <a href="/wiki/Men%27s_adventure" title="Men's adventure">adventure magazines</a>) set in the <a href="/wiki/Amazon_basin" title="Amazon basin">Amazon jungle</a>. <a href="/wiki/Classification_of_the_Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas#Amazon" title="Classification of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas">Local communities</a> and some European explorers have given accounts of giant anacondas, legendary snakes of much greater proportion than any confirmed specimen. </p><p>Although <a href="/wiki/Charismatic_species" class="mw-redirect" title="Charismatic species">charismatic</a>, there is little known on the <a href="/wiki/Biology" title="Biology">biology</a> of <a href="/wiki/Wildlife" title="Wildlife">wild</a> anacondas. Most of our knowledge comes from the work of Dr. Jesús A. Rivas and his team working in the <a href="/wiki/Venezuelan_Llanos" title="Venezuelan Llanos">Venezuelan Llanos</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Species">Species</h2></div> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Species </th> <th>Taxon author </th> <th>Common name </th> <th>Geographic range </th> <th>Image </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Eunectes_akayima" class="mw-redirect" title="Eunectes akayima">E. akayima</a></i> </td> <td>Rivas et al., 2024<sup id="cite_ref-rivas_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rivas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Northern green anaconda </td> <td>Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and northern Brazil<sup id="cite_ref-natgeo_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-natgeo-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Anaconda_(Eunectes_akayima).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Anaconda_%28Eunectes_akayima%29.jpg/250px-Anaconda_%28Eunectes_akayima%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Anaconda_%28Eunectes_akayima%29.jpg/330px-Anaconda_%28Eunectes_akayima%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Anaconda_%28Eunectes_akayima%29.jpg/500px-Anaconda_%28Eunectes_akayima%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4578" data-file-height="3052" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Eunectes_beniensis" title="Eunectes beniensis">E. beniensis</a></i> (=<i>E. notaeus</i>?) </td> <td>Dirksen, 2002<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Bolivian anaconda </td> <td style="width:40%"><a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a> in the Departments of Beni and Pando in <a href="/wiki/Bolivia" title="Bolivia">Bolivia</a> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Eunectes_beniensis,_Rio_Beni,_Puerto_Salinas,_El_Beni,_Bolivia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Eunectes_beniensis%2C_Rio_Beni%2C_Puerto_Salinas%2C_El_Beni%2C_Bolivia.jpg/200px-Eunectes_beniensis%2C_Rio_Beni%2C_Puerto_Salinas%2C_El_Beni%2C_Bolivia.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Eunectes_beniensis%2C_Rio_Beni%2C_Puerto_Salinas%2C_El_Beni%2C_Bolivia.jpg/300px-Eunectes_beniensis%2C_Rio_Beni%2C_Puerto_Salinas%2C_El_Beni%2C_Bolivia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Eunectes_beniensis%2C_Rio_Beni%2C_Puerto_Salinas%2C_El_Beni%2C_Bolivia.jpg/400px-Eunectes_beniensis%2C_Rio_Beni%2C_Puerto_Salinas%2C_El_Beni%2C_Bolivia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Eunectes_deschauenseei" title="Eunectes deschauenseei">E. deschauenseei</a></i> (=<i>E. notaeus</i>?) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Emmett_Reid_Dunn" title="Emmett Reid Dunn">Dunn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roger_Conant_(herpetologist)" title="Roger Conant (herpetologist)">Conant</a>, 1936<sup id="cite_ref-ITIS_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ITIS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Dark-spotted anaconda </td> <td style="width:40%"><a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a> in northern <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a> and coastal <a href="/wiki/French_Guiana" title="French Guiana">French Guiana</a><sup id="cite_ref-McD99_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McD99-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Eunectes_deschauenseei.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Eunectes_deschauenseei.png/200px-Eunectes_deschauenseei.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Eunectes_deschauenseei.png/300px-Eunectes_deschauenseei.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Eunectes_deschauenseei.png/400px-Eunectes_deschauenseei.png 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="787" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Green_anaconda" title="Green anaconda">E. murinus</a></i> </td> <td>(<a href="/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus" title="Carl Linnaeus">Linnaeus</a>, <a href="/wiki/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae" title="10th edition of Systema Naturae">1758</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ITIS_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ITIS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Green anaconda </td> <td>Peru, Bolivia, French Guiana, Suriname and Brazil<sup id="cite_ref-natgeo_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-natgeo-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Eunectes_murinus2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Eunectes_murinus2.jpg/200px-Eunectes_murinus2.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Eunectes_murinus2.jpg/300px-Eunectes_murinus2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Eunectes_murinus2.jpg/400px-Eunectes_murinus2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="513" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Yellow_anaconda" title="Yellow anaconda">E. notaeus</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_Drinker_Cope" title="Edward Drinker Cope">Cope</a>, 1862<sup id="cite_ref-ITIS_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ITIS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Yellow anaconda </td> <td>South America in eastern Bolivia, central-western Brazil, <a href="/wiki/Paraguay" title="Paraguay">Paraguay</a> and northeastern <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a><sup id="cite_ref-McD99_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McD99-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Anaconda_jaune_34.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Anaconda_jaune_34.JPG/250px-Anaconda_jaune_34.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Anaconda_jaune_34.JPG/330px-Anaconda_jaune_34.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Anaconda_jaune_34.JPG/500px-Anaconda_jaune_34.JPG 2x" data-file-width="945" data-file-height="945" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td></tr> <tr> <td>†<i><a href="/wiki/Eunectes_stirtoni" title="Eunectes stirtoni">E. stirtoni</a></i> </td> <td>Hoffstetter and Rage, 1977<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td> <td>This species is extinct; its fossils have been found in the <a href="/wiki/La_Venta_(Colombia)" title="La Venta (Colombia)">La Venta fauna</a> (<a href="/wiki/Miocene" title="Miocene">Miocene</a>) in Colombia. Its validity, however, is questionable. </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Rivas <i>et al</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-rivas_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rivas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> revised the taxonomy of <i>Eunectes</i>, describing a new species of green anaconda (<i>Eunectes akayima</i>) and merging <i>E. deschauenseei</i> and <i>E. beniensis</i> with <i>E. notaeus</i>, which resulted in the recognition of only three species of anaconda. The result of their phylogenetic analysis is represented below: </p> <div class="clade"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1261294616">body.skin-vector-2022 .mw-parser-output div.clade,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output div.clade{overflow-x:auto;overflow-y:hidden}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output div.clade p{font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output table.clade{border-spacing:0;margin:0;font-size:100%;line-height:100%;border-collapse:separate;width:auto;display:table}.mw-parser-output table.clade table.clade{width:100%;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-label{min-width:0.2em;width:0.2em;padding:0.1em 0.25em;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;border-left:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid;white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-label::before,.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-slabel::before{content:"\2060 "}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-fixed-width{overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-fixed-width:hover{overflow:visible}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-label.first{border-left:none;border-right:none}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-label.reverse{border-left:none;border-right:1px solid}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-slabel{padding:0.1em 0.25em;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;border-left:1px solid;white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-slabel:hover{overflow:visible}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-slabel.last{border-left:none;border-right:none}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-slabel.reverse{border-left:none;border-right:1px solid}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-bar{vertical-align:middle;text-align:left;padding:0 0.5em;position:relative}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-bar.reverse{text-align:right;position:relative}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-leaf{border:0;padding:0;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-leaf p{padding-right:5px;padding-left:2px}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-leafR{border:0;padding:0;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-leafR p{padding-left:5px;padding-right:2px}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-leaf.reverse{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output table.clade td.clade-leaf.reverse p{padding-left:5px;padding-right:2px}.mw-parser-output table.clade:hover span.linkA{background-color:yellow}.mw-parser-output table.clade:hover span.linkB{background-color:green}</style> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first">Green anacondas </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1261294616" /> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Eunectes_murinus" class="mw-redirect" title="Eunectes murinus">Eunectes murinus</a></i> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-label"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Eunectes_akayima" class="mw-redirect" title="Eunectes akayima">Eunectes akayima</a></i> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-label"><i><a href="/wiki/Eunectes_notaeus" class="mw-redirect" title="Eunectes notaeus">Eunectes notaeus</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1261294616" /> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p><i>Eunectes notaeus</i> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-label"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1261294616" /> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p><i>Eunectes notaeus</i> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-label"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1261294616" /> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p>"<i><a href="/wiki/Eunectes_beniensis" title="Eunectes beniensis">Eunectes beniensis</a></i>" </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-label"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1261294616" /> <table class="clade"> <tbody><tr> <td class="clade-label first"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p><i>Eunectes notaeus</i> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-label"> </td> <td rowspan="2" class="clade-leaf"> <p>"<i><a href="/wiki/Eunectes_deschauenseei" title="Eunectes deschauenseei">Eunectes deschauenseei</a></i>" </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="clade-slabel last"> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>In a response paper, Dubois <i>et al</i>. questioned the results of the <a href="/wiki/Mitochondrial_DNA" title="Mitochondrial DNA">mtDNA</a> analysis above and the validity of <i>Eunectes akayima</i>. The name of the new species was considered a <i><a href="/wiki/Nomen_nudum" title="Nomen nudum">nomen nudum</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mating_system">Mating system</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Eunectes_murinus_-_Flickr_-_Dick_Culbert.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Eunectes_murinus_-_Flickr_-_Dick_Culbert.jpg/260px-Eunectes_murinus_-_Flickr_-_Dick_Culbert.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="430" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Eunectes_murinus_-_Flickr_-_Dick_Culbert.jpg/390px-Eunectes_murinus_-_Flickr_-_Dick_Culbert.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Eunectes_murinus_-_Flickr_-_Dick_Culbert.jpg/520px-Eunectes_murinus_-_Flickr_-_Dick_Culbert.jpg 2x" data-file-width="544" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption><i>Eunectes murinus</i><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Accuracy_dispute#Disputed_statement" title="Wikipedia:Accuracy dispute"><span title="The material near this tag is possibly inaccurate or nonfactual. (March 2024)">dubious</span></a> – <a href="/wiki/Talk:Anaconda#Dubious" title="Talk:Anaconda">discuss</a></i>]</sup> in Colombia</figcaption></figure> <p>The mating seasons in <i>Eunectes</i> varies both between species and within species depending on locality, although the trend appears to be the dry season.<sup id="cite_ref-ReedRodda_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReedRodda-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Pizzatto_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pizzatto-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The green anaconda <i>(<a href="/wiki/Green_anaconda" title="Green anaconda">E. murinus</a>)</i> is the most well-studied species of <i>Eunectes</i> in terms of their mating system, followed by the yellow anaconda <i>(<a href="/wiki/Yellow_anaconda" title="Yellow anaconda">E. notaeus</a>)</i>; unfortunately <i><a href="/wiki/Eunectes_deschauenseei" title="Eunectes deschauenseei">E. deschauenseei</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Eunectes_beniensis" title="Eunectes beniensis">E. beniensis</a></i> are much less common, making the specific details of their mating systems less well understood.<sup id="cite_ref-ReedRodda_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReedRodda-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sexual_dimorphism">Sexual dimorphism</h3></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Sexual_dimorphism" title="Sexual dimorphism">Sexual size dimorphism</a> in <i>Eunectes</i> is the opposite of most other vertebrates. Females are larger than males in most snakes, and green anacondas <i>(<a href="/wiki/Eunectes_murinus" class="mw-redirect" title="Eunectes murinus">E. murinus</a>)</i> have one of the most extreme size differences, where females average roughly 32 kg (70 lb) and males average only around 7 kg (15 lb).<sup id="cite_ref-Pizzatto_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pizzatto-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Rivas_etal_2007_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rivas_etal_2007-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This size difference has several benefits for both sexes. Large size in females leads to higher <a href="/wiki/Fecundity" title="Fecundity">fecundity</a> and larger offspring; as a result male <a href="/wiki/Mate_choice" title="Mate choice">mate choice</a> favours larger females.<sup id="cite_ref-Rivas2001_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rivas2001-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Large size is also favoured in males because larger males tend to be more successful at reproducing, both because of their size advantage in endurance rivalry and their advantage in <a href="/wiki/Sperm_competition" title="Sperm competition">sperm competition</a> because larger males are able to produce more sperm.<sup id="cite_ref-Rivas2001_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rivas2001-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One reason that males are so much smaller in <i>Eunectes</i> is that large males can be confused for females, which interferes with their ability to mate when smaller males mistakenly coil them in breeding balls; as a result, there is an optimum size for males where they are large enough to successfully compete, but not large enough to risk other males trying to mate with them.<sup id="cite_ref-Rivas2001_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rivas2001-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Breeding_balls">Breeding balls</h3></div> <p>During the mating season female anacondas release pheromones to attract males for breeding, which can result in <a href="/wiki/Polyandry_in_nature" class="mw-redirect" title="Polyandry in nature">polyandrous</a> breeding balls; these breeding balls have been observed in <i><a href="/wiki/Green_anaconda" title="Green anaconda">E. murinus</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Yellow_anaconda" title="Yellow anaconda">E. notaeus</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Eunectes_deschauenseei" title="Eunectes deschauenseei">E. deschauenseei</a></i>, and likely also occur in <i><a href="/wiki/Eunectes_beniensis" title="Eunectes beniensis">E. beniensis</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rivas_etal_2007_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rivas_etal_2007-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Rivas2001_26-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rivas2001-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Waller2007_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Waller2007-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Rivas2005_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rivas2005-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/Green_anaconda" title="Green anaconda">green anaconda</a> <i>(E. murinus)</i>, up to 13 males have been observed in a breeding ball, which have been recorded to last two weeks on average.<sup id="cite_ref-Rivas_etal_2007_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rivas_etal_2007-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In anaconda breeding balls, several males coil around one female and attempt to position themselves as close to her <a href="/wiki/Cloaca" title="Cloaca">cloaca</a> as possible where they use their <a href="/wiki/Pelvic_spur" title="Pelvic spur">pelvic spurs</a> to "tickle" and encourage her to allow penetration.<sup id="cite_ref-Rivas_etal_2007_25-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rivas_etal_2007-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since there are often many males present and only one male can mate with the female at a time, the success of a male often depends on his persistence and endurance, because physical combat is not a part of the <i>Eunectes</i> mating ritual, apart from firmly pushing against other males in an attempt to secure the best position on the female.<sup id="cite_ref-Rivas_etal_2007_25-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rivas_etal_2007-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Rivas2001_26-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rivas2001-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sexual_cannibalism">Sexual cannibalism</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anaconda_and_Squamata_skeletons.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Anaconda_and_Squamata_skeletons.jpg/220px-Anaconda_and_Squamata_skeletons.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Anaconda_and_Squamata_skeletons.jpg/330px-Anaconda_and_Squamata_skeletons.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Anaconda_and_Squamata_skeletons.jpg/440px-Anaconda_and_Squamata_skeletons.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>4.5-metre (14 ft) green anaconda skeleton on display at <a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Osteology" title="Museum of Osteology">Museum of Osteology</a> with other <a href="/wiki/Squamata" title="Squamata">squamates</a> and reptiles.</figcaption></figure> <p>Cannibalism is quite easy in anacondas since females are so much larger than males, but <a href="/wiki/Sexual_cannibalism" title="Sexual cannibalism">sexual cannibalism</a> has only been confirmed in <i><a href="/wiki/Green_anaconda" title="Green anaconda">E. murinus</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Quintana_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Quintana-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Females gain the direct benefit of a post-copulatory high-protein meal when they consume their mates, along with the indirect benefit of additional resources to use for the formation of offspring; cannibalism in general (outside of the breeding season) has been confirmed in all but <i><a href="/wiki/Eunectes_deschauenseei" title="Eunectes deschauenseei">E. deschauenseei</a></i>, although it is likely that it occurs in all <i>Eunectes</i> species.<sup id="cite_ref-ReedRodda_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReedRodda-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Quintana_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Quintana-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Asexual_reproduction">Asexual reproduction</h3></div> <p>Although sexual reproduction is by far the most common in <i>Eunectes</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Green_anaconda" title="Green anaconda">E. murinus</a></i> has been observed to undergo <a href="/wiki/Parthenogenesis_in_squamata" class="mw-redirect" title="Parthenogenesis in squamata">facultative parthenogenesis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ReedRodda_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReedRodda-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Shibata_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shibata-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In both cases, the females had lived in isolation from other anacondas for over eight years, and DNA analysis showed that the few fully formed offspring were genetically identical to the mothers; although this is not commonly observed, it is likely possible in all species of <i>Eunectes</i> and several other species of <a href="/wiki/Boidae" title="Boidae">Boidae</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Indigenous_mythology">Indigenous mythology</h2></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Origin_myth#Founding_myth" title="Origin myth">founding myth</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Huni_Kuin" title="Huni Kuin">Huni Kuin</a>, a man named Yube fell in love with an anaconda woman and was turned into an anaconda as well. He began to live with her in the deep world of waters. In this world, Yube discovered a <a href="/wiki/Hallucinogen" title="Hallucinogen">hallucinogenic</a> drink with healing powers and access to knowledge. One day, without telling his anaconda wife, Yube decided to return to the land of men and resume his old human form. 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