green anaconda: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	water kamudi • common anaconda • giant anaconda

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

Southern green anaconda (Eunectes murinus)

Underwater view of a green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) coiled on the bottom, showing its thick, spotted body and patterned scales.

Illustration of a green anaconda (Eunectes murinus), a large, thick-bodied snake with olive-green skin and dark oval spots, shown coiled with its tongue extended.

A green anaconda in Colombia

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