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Llanos. Rivas et al. revised the taxonomy of Eunectes, describing a new species of green anaconda (Eunectes akayima) and merging E. deschauenseei and E

genus Eunectes for Linnaeus's Boa murina after more and larger specimens were known and described. Because of the masculine gender of Eunectes, the feminine

form of νωτιαίος/nōtiaios). In distinguishing his new species Eunectes notaeus from Eunectes murinus, Edward Drinker Cope stated, "Dorsal scales are larger

information and the similarity in appearance to Eunectes notaeus. It is closely related to Eunectes notaeus and Eunectes deschauenseei. The Bolivian anaconda's

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eunectes deschauenseei. Dirksen, Lutz; Henderson, Robert W. (2002). Eunectes deschauenseei. Catalogue of American

green anaconda ("Eunectes akayima", listed in row 1b below) as a species distinct from the ordinary (southern) green anaconda (Eunectes murinus). These

The validity of this species has been called into question. Eunectes beniensis Eunectes deschauenseei Green anaconda Yellow anaconda Hoffstetter, R.;

but larger food items are not unknown: the diet of the green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) is known to include subadult tapirs. Prey is swallowed whole,

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26 April 2012. Rivas JA (2000). The life history of the green anaconda (Eunectes murinus), with emphasis on its reproductive Biology (PDF) (Ph.D. thesis)