Green Anaconda vs Green Sea Turtle

Eunectes murinus compared with Chelonia mydas

Key Differences

  • Green Anaconda is Least Concern while Green Sea Turtle is Endangered.
  • Green Anaconda is carnivore while Green Sea Turtle is herbivore.
  • Green Sea Turtle lives longer (80 years vs 30 years).

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Green Anaconda Green Sea Turtle
Kingdom same Animalia (Animals) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same Chordata (cordados) Chordata (cordados)
Class same Reptilia (réptil) Reptilia (réptil)
Order Squamata (Escamados) Testudines (Tartaruga)
Family Pythonidae (Pythons) Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus Python (Pythons) Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species Eunectes murinus Chelonia mydas

Evolutionary Relationship

Green Anaconda and Green Sea Turtle share a common ancestor at the Class level: Reptilia. (réptil)

Conservation Status

Green Anaconda

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Green Sea Turtle

EN — Endangered

Population: ~85.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Green Anaconda Green Sea Turtle
Diet Carnivore Herbivore
Average Lifespan 30 years 80 years
Average Length 6.0 m 1.2 m
Average Weight 227.0 kg 200.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Green Anaconda

Habitat

Typically found in diverse ecosystems where prey species are available.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

Green Sea Turtle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Indonesia, and Mexico. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Green Anaconda

A sucuri-verde (Eunectes murinus) é a serpente mais pesada e uma das mais longas do mundo. É encontrada em pântanos e rios da América do Sul.

Green Sea Turtle

A tartaruga-verde (Chelonia mydas) é uma das maiores tartarugas marinhas. Seu nome vem da cor verde da cartilagem e gordura, não do casco.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

Nature FYI Family

Explore more of the natural world across our sister sites.

Part of the Nature FYI family — FYIPedia