Green anaconda

Green anaconda; Temporal range: Late Pleistocene-recent
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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), also known as the giant anaconda, emerald anaconda, common anaconda, common water boa, or southern green anaconda, is a boa species found in South America and the Caribbean island of Trinidad. It is the largest, heaviest and the second longest snake in the world, after the reticulated python. No subspecies are currently recognized. Like all boas, it is a non-venomous constrictor.

The term "anaconda" often refers to this species, though the term could also apply to other members of the genus Eunectes. Fossils of the snake date back to the Late Pleistocene in the Gruta do Urso locality.

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