Green Anaconda
- The green anaconda is the world's heaviest and one of the world's longest snakes, reaching a length of up to 5.21 m (17.1 ft.) long. More typical mature specimens reportedly can range up to 5 m (16.4 ft), with adult females, with a mean length of about 4.6 m (15.1 ft.), being generally much larger than the males, which average around 3 m (9.8 ft). Weights are less well studied, though reportedly range from 30 to 70 kg (66 to 154 lb.) in a typical adult.[8][9] It is the largest snake native to the Americas.
King Cobra
- Then king cobra is a venomous snake species of elapids endemic to jungles in Southern and Southeast Asia. The sole member of the it is distinguishable from other cobras, most noticeably by its size and neck patterns. The king cobra is the world's longest venomous snake, with an average length of 3.18 to 4 m (10.4 to 13.1 ft), reaching a maximum of 5.85 m (19.2 ft.). Its skin color varies across the habitats, from black with white stripes to unbroken brownish grey. It preys chiefly on other snakes, including its own species. Unlike other snakes, it rarely hunts non-reptile vertebrates, such as rodents and lizards.
Titanoboa
- Fossils of Titanoboa have been found in the Cerrejón Formation , and date to around 58 to 60 million years ago. The giant snake lived during the Middle to Late Paleocene epoch a 10-million-year period immediately following the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event
Python snake
- Python is a genus of constricting snakes in the Pythonidae family native to the tropics and subtropics of the Eastern Hemisphere
- The name Python was proposed by François Marie Daudin in 1803 for non-venomous flecked snakes. Currently, 10 python species are recognized as valid taxa
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