Photo of a Yellow Anaconda (Eunectes notaeus)
Photo: Jonny Campbell, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist
Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Constrictor
Type
Boa
Family
Boidae
Genus
Eunectes
Continents
South America
Countries
5
How common
Common

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About

Yellow Anaconda (Eunectes notaeus) is a non-venomous boa of the family Boidae, found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical seasonal forest, subtropical forest and 36 more. Common: recorded in 212 places on iNaturalist.

Where it lives

Native range

Habitats

Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.

Related snakes

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