Green anaconda
Scientific name: Eunectes murinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Overview
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 is a non-venomous constrictor. Green anacondas generally have a life expectancy of 10 years in the wild, although some specimens live longer when they are taken care of in captivity. 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.
From the Wikipedia article “Green anaconda”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Conservation status
Least concern on the IUCN Red List, as recorded on Wikidata, citing The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2.
Where it lives
The Catalogue of Life records it in: Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil (Goias, Roraima, Bahia, Sergipe, Ceara, Piauí etc.), Ecuador, E Paraguay, N Bolivia (Beni), NE Peru, Guyana, French Guiana, Trinidad.
Common names
Also known in English as Anaconda.
Names in other languages (10)
- Arabic
- أناكوندا خضراء
- Bengali
- সবুজ অ্যানাকোন্ডা
- Chinese
- 森蚺
- German
- Große Anakonda
- Indonesian
- Anakonda hijau
- Japanese
- オオアナコンダ
- Persian
- آناکوندای سبز
- Portuguese
- Anaconda, Aragboia, Arigboia, Boiaçu, Boiçu, Boiguaçu
- Russian
- анаконда
- Turkish
- Yeşil anakonda
Related animals
Sources
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Catalogue of Life — scientific name, classification, common names and range.
Version 2026-09-11, CC BY 4.0.
This species in the Catalogue of Life.
Citation
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n Source database: The Reptile Database.
- GBIF — species page and recorded occurrences.
- Wikidata — conservation status, names in other languages. Q207347, CC0 1.0.
- Wikipedia — overview, from the article “Green anaconda”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo — Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
- Range map — B kimmel, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
Last updated: 4 October 2026