The size of the Anaconda (Eunectes murinus)

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Excellent data, could you provide the name of the book or document where you get this?

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The anaconda of Lamar:

I had this image since some time. I did not used because it is a second hand one, however, the data on it very accurate:

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It have the full record, with details, of the giant 7.5 m anaconda taken in Colombia. This record is not mentioned by Gerard Wood because the book that I have was published in 1978, the same year that the anaconda was hunted. Is probable that this specimen was mentioned in the edition of 1983, sadly, I don't have that one.

By the way, based on the data that I posted, I hypothesized that the largest anacondas could reach a length of c.7 m and a weight of c.130 kg. The record of Lamar is not too far of that figure, so I don't see any problem is suggest that this record could be reliable. It will be good if we could found more data, after all, the only data that we have about this specimen is the same amount of data that we have about the giant 846 cm snake hunted in Brazil in the 1960's by Schurz.

At least, in the case of Lamar, he was an herpetologist, so this could give him more credit on his figures. However, don't forget the anaconda from NatGeo, based on that case, the Lamar anaconda could be of just c.7 m (even less), but I am only speculating in this case.

The other snake from the Amazonas (620 cm) was a large one, but fits very well with the records that I presented from Venezuela. So, I think it is reliable too.

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