Scientific Name : Eunectes murinus

Sex : Female

Length : 7 Ft (Avg. 16 – 25 Feet – Females are longer)

Weight : 15 lb. (Avg. 100 – 300 lb. – Females are bigger)

Lifespan : Captive Born 2000, Age 4 years (Longevity 20 – 30 years)

Breeding: Livebearer, up to 40 young

Range: Anacondas occur throughout South America, except Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. They live primarily in the tropical Amazon basin and Venezuelan llanos (seasonally flooded savannahs)

Habitat : Typically a resident of tropical flooded forests and swamps, along rivers and lakes, anywhere with large bodies of water, Anacondas travel during the dry season to find water.

Food and Hunting : Semi-aquatic, Anacondas are very opportunistic feeders. Their prey varies from mammals and birds to turtles, fish and crocodiles. Adults regularly feed on Capybara, a pig size rodent, which may take a week or more to digest. Larger specimens have been known to eat humans. In captivity they are fed rats and rabbits appropriate to their age and size.

Conservation : Green Anacondas are still quite common throughout their range although hunted for their skins. They have few natural predators other than man. The largest snake in the world, only slightly shorter than Reticulated Pythons, they grow much more massive. The biggest threat is loss of habitat and pollution.

Captive Care : Their tremendous size, uneven temperament and heat requirements make them suitable only for advanced keepers. Most specimens feed well on frozen thawed mice, rats and rabbits, although their food intake can get rather large with age and size.