Green anaconda

Green Anaconda; Temporal range: Late Pleistocene-recent
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Boidae
Genus:	Eunectes
Species:	E. murinus
Binomial name
	Eunectes murinus; (Linnaeus, 1758)
	Distribution of Eunectes murinus
Synonyms
	[Boa] murina Linnaeus, 1758; [Boa] Scytale Linnaeus, 1758; Boa gigas Latreille, 1802; Boa anacondo Daudin, 1803; Boa aquatica Wied-Neuwied, 1824; Eunectes murinus – Wagler, 1830; Eunectes murina – Gray, 1831; Eunectes murinus – Boulenger, 1893; Eunectes scytale – Stull, 1935; [Eunectes murinus] murinus ; – Dunn & Conant, 1936; Eunectes barbouri ; Dunn & Conant, 1936; Eunectes murinus murinus ; – Dunn, 1944; Eunectes akayima Rivas et al., 2024;

The green anaconda (Eunectes murinus), common anaconda, common water boa or sucuri, is a boa species found in South America. It is one of the longest and heaviest known extant snake species. Like all boas, it is a non-venomous constrictor. Green anacondas only have a lifespan of 10 years in the wild but some of them live longer when they are taken care of. Green anacondas live in tropical rainforests and tend to prefer shallow, slow-moving waters, such as streams, rivers and flooded grasslands. They spend most of their time in the water but are also found on land in thick vegetation.