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Green Anaconda

Eunectes murinus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ecuador.January 22, February 28, March 35, April 21, May 28, June 19, July 23, August 22, September 12, October 10, November 20, December 22.
Ecuador262
Colombia174
Peru166
Sucumbios149
Brazil133
Loreto122
Orellana102
Casanare79
Venezuela47
Meta41

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilyBoas · Boidae
GenusAnacondas · Eunectes

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Green Anaconda with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.