Green/Yellow Hybrid Anaconda
Eunectes murinus x Eunectes notaeus
-Green, Yellow, Bolivian, and Dark-spotted are the four species of anacondas, which are semi-aquatic boas of South America
-Anacondas are a type of boa, not a separate type of snake
-Green anacondas:
*Found mainly in northern South America
*Largest member of the boa family, reaching average lengths of 15-17 feet for females and 9 feet for males
*Primarily aquatic (Amazon River and Orinoco River Basin), eating a variety of prey including fishes, birds, small and large mammals, and reptiles, using constriction to subdue their prey
-Yellow anacondas:
*Found in central and southern South America
*Reach lengths of about 9-10 feet
*Primarily live in aquatic habitats such as swamps, marshes, and brush covered banks of slow-moving rivers and streams, feeding on mammals, birds, rodents, fishes and reptiles
-Ovoviviparous (eggs produced and hatched within the body): litters of 20-40 young
HERE AT ALAMEDA:
We have a female hybrid anaconda named ‘Nagini’. If you look in her water bowel she may be enjoying a bath. She is a forest ground dweller not normally hanging out in trees.
Eunectes murinus x Eunectes notaeus
-Green, Yellow, Bolivian, and Dark-spotted are the four species of anacondas, which are semi-aquatic boas of South America
-Anacondas are a type of boa, not a separate type of snake
-Green anacondas:
*Found mainly in northern South America
*Largest member of the boa family, reaching average lengths of 15-17 feet for females and 9 feet for males
*Primarily aquatic (Amazon River and Orinoco River Basin), eating a variety of prey including fishes, birds, small and large mammals, and reptiles, using constriction to subdue their prey
-Yellow anacondas:
*Found in central and southern South America
*Reach lengths of about 9-10 feet
*Primarily live in aquatic habitats such as swamps, marshes, and brush covered banks of slow-moving rivers and streams, feeding on mammals, birds, rodents, fishes and reptiles
-Ovoviviparous (eggs produced and hatched within the body): litters of 20-40 young
HERE AT ALAMEDA:
We have a female hybrid anaconda named ‘Nagini’. If you look in her water bowel she may be enjoying a bath. She is a forest ground dweller not normally hanging out in trees.