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 Great Debate

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I’m getting confused on Information of what snake is the Longest. Through Reading Many Post I was under the Impression that size Ranking was,

1. Reticulated Pythons
2. Burmese Pythons
3. Anaconda
ranking longest to shortest, though I’d hardly call Anaconda’s short.

Now I was talking to some Guy, He seemed Intelligent, and He happen to say that Anaconda’s reached at least 30 feet, and If you gave them enough Room they wouldn’t stop growing.
It struck me as odd. I know a lot of people say that Anaconda’s are 30 foot blah, blah, blah. But I’ve never seen a picture of an Anaconda that big. So My Question is what gets longest? (Not Largest in girth)

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04/06/09  11:54am

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   Message To: XxKiruxX   In reference to Message Id: 1981039


 Great Debate

I’d have to go with the Reticulated Python. From my experiences they consistently make it to the giant 20 ft+ sizes more so then anacondas. Though keep in mind there are way more of them out there in captivity.



04/06/09  01:13pm

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   Message To: XxKiruxX   In reference to Message Id: 1981039


 Great Debate

the retic is the largest snake in record is what i heard
04/06/09  01:13pm

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   Message To: Fgrsa   In reference to Message Id: 1981086


 Great Debate

The reticulated python, the african rock python, the burmese python, and the green anaconda have all been reported longer than 25 ft. And scrub pythons might even have a record around there too.

I would say the length on average probably goes to the reticulated python, then the green anaconda. Burmese pythons and African Rock pythons are probably in a close call for third. But this is kind of a silly debate lol. They are all huge snakes.

By weight you could probably say the same thing but switch green anaconda to first and reticulated python to second.

And we are going by wild selections. In captivity the burmese python takes all records. But your numbers (sample size) drastically outnumbers everything else. And reticulated pythons are in second out of the group.

As a side note, my friends just found a 6 meter (~19.5 ft) green anaconda in Ecuador.

The green anaconda undoubtedly has the most difficult habitat to search. Most of our studies are done in the Llanos where there is a huge dry season that simplifies the search.

But the Boa constrictor might be right up there in the records lol... for those of you who did not see Jimmy Davids post here http://www.repticzone.com/forums/Boas/messages/1957953.html



04/06/09  07:04pm


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