The dark spotted anaconda is also called as Eunectes deschauenseei. The dark spotted anaconda species are in the sub family called as Boinae from the family of Boidae. The native places for this species are Northeastern South America. It mostly occurs from autumn to spring.
Dark spotted anaconda Gestation lasts as long as 9 months.
In female anacondas the litter size is among five ranges from 3 to 27. New born lengths of dark spotted anacondas are 29 cm to 53 cm long.
The dark spotted anaconda is mostly found in South America in Brazil and in French Guiana. It is a semi aquatic species that are usually found in swampy and seasonally flooded freshwater areas at the elevations below the 300 meters.
The adult male dark spotted anaconda length is up-to 130 cm to 211 cm (51 inches to 82 inches).
The adult female dark spotted anaconda length is up-to 120 cm – 231 cm (47 inches – 91 inches) length.
Dark spotted anaconda eyes and nasal holes are located on the head. This helps them to hunt their prey when they are submerged under the water surface.
They have good eyesight and well hunting in low light also. It can swim 10 miles per hour. This speed depends upon the species and their age. Some species can swim less than one mile per hour.
Dark spotted anacondas are carnivores that feed mostly on small and large mammals. They are slow on land, but lithe in underwater and moved extremely very fast.
Dark spotted anacondas are cold-blooded like all other snakes. They can easily hunt and eat large fishes and turtles. They can also survive in the wide range of habitats and climates.
The dark spotted anaconda snakes are not poisonous, but they can bite people. Most snakes inject poison into the creatures, but dark spotted anacondas do not do that. Instead, of that they use their body to suffocate and kill and then release their coils.
Anacondas are use their tongue to find the chemical and food signals in the air.
During breeding season male dark spotted anaconda detect the presence of female dark spotted anacondas by sensing their pheromones. Dark spotted anacondas have the pit organs in their upper lip that are useful to detect heat signatures. They use their advanced chemosensory abilities to detect their surroundings. Dark Spotted Anaconda snakes were used to spend most of their time near the edge of a river.
Dark spotted anacondas will wait to catch their food when the prey was spotted.
Then it will catch the target with their razor sharp teeth and drag into the water. In this situation the prey to drown if it is not dead, then dead completely. Once they have suffocated the prey, then the anaconda will swallow its target from the beginning with the head.
