Green anaconda
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The green anaconda, common anaconda, common water boa, akayima, 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
Sucuri verde
A 4.3-metre (14 ft) anaconda skeleton on display at Museum of Osteology with other squamates
An anaconda at the New England Aquarium
Close-up of head
Burmese python
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The Burmese python is one of the largest species of snakes. It is native to a large area of Southeast Asia and is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Until 2009, it was considered a subspecies
Green anaconda
…often incredibly gigantic, agile and with the ability to swallow adult humans. These traits are occasionally attributed to other species, such as the Burmese python and the reticulated python, but to less extent than to the green anaconda. Despite having the capability to overpower a man, there is no verified…
Brooding female Python molurus bivittatus
A captured Burmese python in the Florida Everglades
Burmese python photographed in Bardiya National Park, Nepal
Leather goods and skins of Burmese pythons and reticulated pythons (Malayopython reticulatus) at a local shop at Mandalay, Myanmar