![]() ![]() Viviparous, usually 20-40 young but can go up to 100 young. Record is a captive female that lived to be 31 years.īabies: Gestation about 6 months. ![]() Anacondas can also remain completely submerged for 10 minutes. Although their large size may make them appear rather sluggish on land, anacondas are good swimmers and in water they can move at surprising speed, both on the surface and underwater. Primarily nocturnal, they spend most of their time in the water. Females are larger than the males.Īlso known as the water boa, anacondas are the most aquatic of the boas. Growing up to 9 metres in length, Green Anacondas can weigh a hefty 250kg and have a girth of more than 12 inches in diameter. That record is currently held by the reticulated python. ![]() Heaviest but not longest: While the Green Anacondas are the heaviest the snake, they are not the longest. Known to the early Spanish settlers as "matatoro" or "bull killer", the anaconda is the largest of the boas. The word "anaconda" is derived from the Tamil word "anaikolra" meaning "elephant killer". ![]()
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