Data on the former are scanty, but there can be little doubt that the latter is sometimes born at a length greater than that of any of the others, thereby lending support to the belief that the anaconda does, indeed, attain the greatest length.

For four of the six ( the anaconda and the amethystine python cannot be included for lack of data ) there is also a correlation between size at maturity and maximum length, the boa constrictor being the smallest and the Indian python the next in size at the former stage.

There are few data on the boa constrictor, those for the anaconda are unconvincing, and there is nothing at all on the amethystine python.

The anaconda proves to be the fly in the ointment, but the reason for this is not clear ; ;

Bernard Heuvelmans also treats of the largest snakes, but on the third level, and is chiefly concerned with the anaconda.

" Anaconda " is often used to refer only to the green or common anaconda, Eunectes murinus.

Although the name actually applies to a group of snakes, it is often used to refer only to one species in particular, the common or green anaconda, Eunectes murinus, which is one of the largest snakes in the world.

** Eunectes murinus, the green anaconda, the largest species, is found east of the Andes in Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and on the island of Trinidad.

** Eunectes notaeus, the yellow anaconda, a smaller species, is found in eastern Bolivia, southern Brazil, Paraguay and northeastern Argentina.

** Eunectes deschauenseei, the dark-spotted anaconda, is a rare species found in northeastern Brazil and coastal French Guiana.

** Eunectes beniensis, the Bolivian anaconda, the most recently defined species, is found in the Departments of Beni and Pando in Bolivia.

* The giant anaconda is a mythical snake of enormous proportions said to be found in South America.

The account, which explains how the snake crushes and devours tigers, is full of popular misconceptions, but was much read at the time, and so gave rise to the myth of the anaconda of Ceylon.

Head spirit is the yellow anaconda.

The capybara is also the preferred prey of the anaconda.

A predator at the top of any food chain ( that is, one that is preyed upon by no organism ) is called an apex predator ; examples include the orca, sperm whale, anaconda, Komodo dragon, tiger, lion, tiger shark, Nile crocodile, and most eagles -- and even omnivorous humans and grizzly bears.

Larger specimens usually eat animals about the size of a house cat, but larger food items are not unknown: the diet of the common anaconda, Eunectes murinus, is known to include subadult tapirs.

*** The heaviest extant snake is considered to be the green anaconda ( Eunectes murinus ), while the reticulated python ( Python reticulatus ), at up to 8. 7 m or more, is considered the longest.

Image: Eunectes murinus2. jpg | The green anaconda, an aquatic constrictor, is the heaviest snake, weighing up to.

It is a common belief among indigenous people of the tropical lowlands of South America that waters at the edge of the world-disc are encircled by a snake, often an anaconda, biting its own tail.

* Any large snake that " crushes " its prey ( see Constriction ), if applied loosely, could be called anaconda.

They believe that a person who dies walks a trail to the afterlife which has a large anaconda snake lying in wait.

To prove the point of overestimating, in Guyana 1937 zoologist Alpheus Hyatt Verrill asked the expedition team he was with to estimate the length of a large, curled up anaconda on a rock.

In one of the most reliable accounts, a geologist killed a large anaconda and measured it using a 4-meter rod, reporting it as 3 rods long (); however the information was not published until many years later, and the geologist later suggested he may have mis-remembered and the anaconda could have been only 2 rods long ().

William Beebe reports 26 inches and 2.4 ounces ( this snake must have been emaciated ) for the length and the weight of a young anaconda from British Guiana.

Set in the Amazon, Voight played Paul Sarone, a snake hunter obsessed with a fabled giant anaconda, who hijacks an unwitting National Geographic film crew looking for a remote Indian tribe.

Sam uses a machete to behead the snake, but Cole is captured by another giant anaconda.

Her snake motif is based on the anaconda.

Although the reticulated python is longer, the anaconda is the heaviest snake.

Based on this and an estimate of for minimum adult size of the green anaconda, the largest snake expected would be.

Mazaruni River waters are also home to a largest water snake, anaconda, locally known as water kamudi.

* Aviary renovation ( 2000 ) depicts a South American tropical forest, complete with birds, caiman, and an anaconda

There seems to be a rough correlation between the initial and ultimate lengths, starting with the smallest ( boa constrictor ) and ending with the largest ( anaconda ).

Let us speculate a little on the maximum size of the anaconda.

Only the amethystine python and the anaconda must be excluded for lack or paucity of data.

Oliver has recently used the second-level approach with the largest snakes, and has come to these conclusions: the anaconda reaches a length of at least 37 feet, the reticulate python 33, the African rock python 25, the amethystine python at least 22, the Indian python 20, and the boa constrictor 18-1/2.

Beebe had a 3-foot anaconda that weighed only 9.8 ounces.

The most convincing recent measurement of an anaconda was made in eastern Colombia by Roberto Lamon, a petroleum geologist of the Richmond Oil Company, and reported in 1944 by Emmett R. Dunn.

" Without a clear Sinhala connection, they suggest one from the Tamil language instead: anai-kondra ( anaik-konda ), meaning " which killed an elephant .” Per National Geographic, the word anaconda comes from the Tamil word anaikolra, which means elephant killer.

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