10 Giant Snakes Explained

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10 Giant Snakes Explained
Snakes have always fascinated people, for good and for bad. I must admit, they do emit some sort of
cold-blooded charm that makes them so interesting. But we’re not here to talk about the snakes most
likely to win a beauty contest.
We’re here to rank the biggest and the baddest serpents of them all. We’re sticking to currently existing
snakes on the ranking, but I know that you love to hear about the largest snake to have ever existed,
we’ll talk about him too. With that out of the way, what snake could have landed on the top spot? Stay
tuned to find out. Here are 10 giant snakes, explained.

Number 10. The Dark Spotted Anaconda
The dark spotted anaconda is smaller, and lesser known than its gargantuan cousin, more on that later,
but these guys grow pretty large themselves. On average, these guys can grow to between 51-83 inches
and could weigh up to 66 pounds, which doesn’t sound too impressive.
While it’s true that those measurements seem a bit underwhelming, they have been known to get
bigger, much bigger. The biggest dark spotted anaconda ever recorded measured 9.8 feet in length,
that’s a full 3 feet more than the average.
It is a semi-aquatic species usually found in swampy, seasonally flooded freshwater areas. They can be
found in South America, in north Brazil, particularly in the Pará and Amapá states, and French Guiana.

Number 9. The Boa Constrictor
Boas are nonvenomous constrictors found in tropical Central and South America. Like their anaconda
cousins, they are excellent swimmers, but prefer to stay on dry land, living primarily in hollow logs and
abandoned mammal burrows.
Significantly smaller than anacondas, boas can grow up to 13 feet long and weigh more than 100
pounds, with the largest specimen ever caught measuring 14 feet in length. Their jaws are lined with
small, hooked teeth for grabbing and holding prey while they wrap their muscular bodies around their
victim, squeezing until it suffocates. Boas will eat almost anything they can catch, including birds,
monkeys, and wild pigs. And, like all snakes, their jaws can stretch wide to swallow large prey whole.
Boa constrictors wear some of the most distinctive markings of all reptiles. Depending on the habitat
they are trying to blend into, their bodies can be tan, green, red, or yellow, and display cryptic patterns
of jagged lines, ovals, diamonds, and circles. It’s this wide pallet of colors that make many snake
enthusiasts want to keep them as pets.

Number 8. The Yellow Anaconda
The Yellow anaconda is a non-venomous boa species endemic to southern South America. It is one of
the largest snakes in the world but its size can’t even come close to its green, much larger cousin. The

color pattern consists of a yellow, golden-tan or greenish-yellow ground color overlaid with a series of
black or dark brown saddles, blotches, spots, and streaks. Females in this species are generally larger
than males.
On average, they grow to about 13 feet long and weigh 77 pounds. Finding larger specimens are rare,
but there is one that measured over 15 feet long and weighed 121 pounds, which is enough to land it on
the 8 th spot on this list.
They are plentiful on the Paraguay River and its tributaries, from the Pantanal region in Bolivia,
Paraguay, and western Brazil to northeastern Argentina, and possibly parts of Uruguay. They are solitary
snakes that can be active both during the day and night. They spend most of their life in or around
water, so much so that they are sometimes known as "Water boas”. These snakes are considered timid
and usually try to escape from predators, however, if threatened they will defend themselves.

Number 7. The Amethystine Python
Coming in at number 7 on our list is the amethystine python. It has been recorded at a record length of
24 feet but more frequently at lengths of about 10-15 feet. It is a dull olive brown or greenish-yellow in
color, but the scales have an overall amethyst iridescence, which produces an attractive shimmering
effect, especially in sunlight, making it one of the most beautiful snakes you’ll ever see.
This species is found in tropical rainforest and scrub forest in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia
and Philippines.
Small, younger pythons tend to spend most of their time up in the trees to avoid predation. Large ones
spend most of their time on the ground in mangrove swamps, dense rainforests or along stream and
rivers in scrubland. They are also excellent swimmers.