![]() ![]() ![]() Pythons will always squeeze their prey to death, but an anaconda, which spends a lot of time in the water, may try to drown it instead. They’re still both constrictors, they both like to hunt at night, and they both try to ambush their prey instead of chasing it, but the way they kill it can be different. When it comes to how they get their prey, there is also some difference between the two kinds of snakes. In fact, a female anaconda might even try to eat her mate if she’s hungry enough. Along with any big mammals they can grab, like pigs or jaguars, anacondas will eat turtles, fish, and even other snakes. Anacondas, however, don’t really care what they eat as long as it satisfies them. The Bolivian anaconda’s pattern is more regular which makes it easier to spot. Dark-spotted anacondas have more prominent spots. Yellow anacondas are also called Paraguayan anacondas, but the scales surrounding their spot pattern are a very bright yellow. A few have even been recorded to grow to 30 feet long. Green anacondas are the most well-known of the bunch because they’re the biggest. All four are patterned with brown or black spots. Compared to the family of 30 pythons, there are only 4 recognized species of anaconda: the green anaconda, the yellow anaconda, the dark-spotted anaconda, and the Bolivian anaconda. On the other hand, anacondas are members of the boa family, called Boidae. Many pythons have patterns of varying colors of brown, but the green tree python is a distinct pale green color, and the olive python is a solid olive color along its whole length, without any distinct pattern. The reticulated python gets to about 33 feet, while the pygmy python will hardly reach 23 inches. The species of python in this family are all proportionally long and lithe constrictors, though they vary both in length and markings. About 30 different species of pythons make up this family. Pythons are classified in the family Pythonidae. When there’s a whole separate branch of classification dedicated to two kinds of snakes, you can definitely be sure anacondas are not the same as pythons. Pythons have more triangular heads with their eyes lower down on the sides instead of right on top. For one thing, anacondas have their eyes on top of their head. There are other things that make the two different kinds of snakes look different apart from the length and weight. Comparing that to an anaconda, you’d have to find a pretty young anaconda to find one that weighed less than that. The longest python is a reticulated python, and its maximum weight comes in around 350 pounds. A 20-foot-long anaconda will weigh more than a python that’s much longer than it. However, a python that’s 33 feet long still won’t outweigh an anaconda. The bigger species of pythons can get up to 33 feet. Pythons, on the other hand, are less about the weight and more about the length. Can you imagine a rope of muscle thicker than your head and longer than a camper van? That’s a pretty big snake! So they’re not incredibly long, but they are incredibly thick. That’s really big! On the other hand, their length will usually only get to be about 25 feet. Both groups contain the largest snakes in the world, with anacondas being the heaviest and pythons growing the longest.Īnacondas grow to be about 550 pounds on average. ![]() Anaconda Vs Python Build Appearance Reticulated Pythonįirst, anacondas and pythons are built very differently. Once you know how they’re different in build, classification, and living habits, you’ll know for sure that they’re not the same snake. Let’s go into some things that make anacondas and pythons different. Even here, anacondas may drown their prey while a python always squeezes its prey to death. Their only similarity is that they’re both nonvenomous constrictors that eat their prey whole. Or was it the python? You’ve heard both names with the same claim to big fame attached, but could that mean that they’re the same snake? Are anacondas the same as pythons?Īnacondas and pythons are different in their shape, size, eating habits, and habitat, among other things. You’ve heard of the biggest snake in the world: it’s the anaconda.
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