Anaconda ndi njoka yayikulu, yomwe imatsogolera moyo wam'madzi, motero anaconda sakhala kulikonse, koma pokhapokha ngati pali yoyenera.
Anaconda amakhala nthawi yayitali m'madzi ndipo amasankhidwa pamtunda pongobala kapena nthawi zina. Chifukwa chake, malo omwe ma anacondas amakhala ndi mitsinje ndi zigwa zake, malo otsika momwe kuli nyanja ndi madambo.
Chifukwa chake ndikukhumba kwanu konse, simudzawona anaconda ku Chile, kapena ku Argentina, kapena ku Cordillera ya Peru ndi Bolivia.
Koma m'mbali mwa mitsinje yayikulu: Amazon, Orinoco, kumapiri a Llanos, Gran Chaco, mapepala aku Brazil ndi malo ena kumene kuli madzi ambiri, njoka zazikuluzi zimapezeka panjira iliyonse.
M'madera osiyanasiyana ku South America, kumene anacondas amakhala, pali mitundu ingapo. M'mphepete mwa Amazon ku Brazil, kumtunda kwa Mtsinje wa Orinoco ku Colombia, m'mphepete mwa Llanos ku Venezuela, m'mphepete mwa mitsinje ku Ecuador, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Colombia, Guiana ndi Peru, mutha kukumana ndi anaconda wobiriwira. Ichi ndi chachikulu kwambiri pamitundu yonse, chimatha kutalika mpaka 7 metres.
Ku Paraguay, ku Northern Argentina, ku Bolivia, anaconda ndi wachikaso kapena Paraguay. Imakhala yachiwiri kwambiri kubiriwira. Izi njoka mpaka mamita 4.5.
Kumpoto kwa Brazil, ku French Guiana, ku Guyana kumakhala anaconda amdima kapena Anaconda Deshauensea. Izi ndi anaconda ochepa kwambiri kuposa awiri oyambayo. Kutalika kwake nthawi zambiri kumapitirira 2 metres. Koma, komabe, uyu ndiwopseza wolusa.
Ku Bolivia, Beni River Valley, aaconda Beni amakhala. Izi ndizosowa kwambiri, koma zomwe zimawonedwa nthawi zambiri zimakhala zazitali mamitala anayi.
Anaconda ndi woopsa komanso wanzeru kwambiri, ndipo ngati simuyesa kupewa kukumana ndi njoka yayikuluyi, mutha kukhala ndi mavuto ambiri. Kupita kutchuthi kumayiko a South America, sizipweteka kudziwa kuti kuwonjezera pa kuyang'ana zodabwitsa za mayiko amenewa, pali nyama zowopsa, monga mamba, cordars, piranhas ndi anacondas amakhala kumeneko. Ngati mulipo kwina kulikonse, simukalowa m'madzi, ndiye kuti ma piran akukuopa. Koma ng'ona zitha kupezeka m'malo ambiri, makamaka m'madzi a mitsinje ndi m'mphepete mwao, wokhala ndi udzu wawutali komanso zitsamba. Komabe, ngati musamala ndi kusamala, ndiye kuti ng’ona imatha kuwoneka kuchokera kutali ndipo inde ndibwino osayandikira pafupi. Anaconda nthawi zonse satha kuzindikira, chifukwa, ngakhale ndi kukula kwake, ali ndi mtundu womwe umawalola kuti azitha kuzungulira chilengedwe. Chifukwa chake, ndibwino kudziwa pasadakhale komwe amapezeka ndi momwe amawonekera, kuti asayanjane. Komwe anacondas amakhala, muyenera kukhala osamala kwambiri.
Giant anaconda
Anaconda wamkulu (Eunectes murinus), yemwe amadziwika kwambiri ndi dzina loti madzi boa, ndiye wamtali kwambiri komanso wamkulu kwambiri. Njokayo imalemera pafupifupi 249 kg ndipo imakula kuchokera pa 5 mpaka 9 metres. Njokayo ili ndi thupi lobiriwira maolivi, lophimbidwa ndi mawanga akuda. Giac anacondas nthawi zambiri usiku ndipo amapita kukasaka usiku wokha. Mitunduyi imapezeka makamaka m'mitsinje kapena madambo otentha ku South America. Chimphona chija chimasilira pamtunda, koma chimathamanga ndipo chimagwira madzi. Njoka zimakonda kukhala m'madzi, chifukwa zimatha kuyandikira mwachangu nyama yolusa. Malo okhala Giant Anaconda amakhala kum'mawa kwa Andes kumpoto pakati pa South America. Amapezeka m'maiko ambiri ku South America, monga ku Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay komanso pachilumba cha Trinidad.
Waku Paraguayan Anaconda
Mtundu wa Paraguayan anaconda (Eunectes notaenus), wotchedwanso anaconda wakummwera, umapezeka kwambiri kumadera otentha a South America. Anaconda wa ku Paraguayan amakhala ku Paraguay, Bolivia, kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa Argentina komanso kumwera kwa Brazil, anaconda waku Paraguayan ali ndi thupi la chikaso, golide kapena mtundu wachikasu wokhala ndi mawanga kapena mikwaso ya bulauni kapena mtundu wakuda. Njokayo imafikira kutalika kwa 3.2 mpaka 4.3 mita ndipo yolemera 25 mpaka 35 kg. Anaconda waku Paraguayan amakonda malo osowa kapena malo okhala pang'onopang'ono. Zimasaka nyama zamitundu yosiyanasiyana ndipo, monga mukudziwa, sizingachitike. Njoka zimatha kukhala zowopsa kwa anthu chifukwa cha chilengedwe chawo chosadziwika.
Bolivian Anaconda
Bolivian anaconda (Eunectes beniensis), yemwe amadziwikanso kuti Anaconda Beni, amapezeka kwambiri m'chigawo cha Beni ku Bolivia. Anaconda waku Bolivia adawonekeranso ku zigawo zoyandikana ndi Santa Cruz komanso ku Bolivia, komanso ku Brazil. Njokayo ilibe poizoni ndipo imakula mpaka mamita 4. Amakonda kukhala m'malo otetezeka kapena am'madzi.