What are the differences between anacondas and boa constrictors?: Quick Facts

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Illustration of a boa constrictor (Constrictor constrictor), showing a large, coiled snake with a patterned brown, tan, and black scaly body wrapped around a tree branch.

A green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) with dark oval markings along its thick, olive-green body is coiled on muddy ground.

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