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New species of anaconda found with 6+ m long specimen (youtu.be)

submitted 1 year ago by vin@lemmynsfw.com to c/science@lemmy.world

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It was thought that there was only one species of green anaconda in the wild, the Eunectes murinus, but the scientific journal Diversity this month revealed that the new "northern green anaconda" belongs to a different, new species, Eunectes akiyama.

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[–] smco@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/new-species-amazon-anaconda-worlds-largest-snake-discovered-2024-03-01/

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