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Anaconda
Also known as a water boa, the anaconda, Eunectes murinus, lives near water, in swamps, and in the Amazon and Orinoco river basis, as well as in the Guianas. Boas are the largest snakes, and the anaconda is the largest boa. There are two kinds: yellow and green anacondas, with the yellow being the smaller.

Anacondas are thought to be nocturnal, but they'll sunbathe during the day on a branch over hanging the

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