Reptile & Amphibian Forums

my friend and i are having a little debate about red anacondas? do they exist?? i know about green and yellow....but red???
-----
1.0.0 arg. b/w tegu
1.1.0 white's tree frog- popeye, jack
0.1.0 southern painted turtle- ms.tortle
0.1.0 crested gecko- crimson
1.0.0 pinto hedgehog- dante

I have seen, high "orange/reddish" green anacondas in the past, head and belly region suffused with deep orange red coloration, truly spectacular specimens, I am not sure if they outgrow this however, I have seen greens with this said coloration up to 6 feet in leghth, not in adults however, but I am not a big anaconda guy, kelly would be a better choice with his more advanced experience level with this particular ophidian.
-----
Frank Roberts
..................................................

..................................................
John Rodriguez and Frank Roberts or vise versa

thats what i was thinking. maybe a green anaconda with some "high orange or reddish" color. but there is definitely no anaconda with a definite title "red anaconda". right? hmm...this is interesting....are there any pictures?

-----
1.0.0 arg. b/w tegu
1.1.0 white's tree frog- popeye, jack
0.1.0 southern painted turtle- ms.tortle
0.1.0 crested gecko- crimson
1.0.0 pinto hedgehog- dante

red kelly's post for more insight into your question.
-----
Frank Roberts
..................................................

..................................................
John Rodriguez and Frank Roberts or vise versa

There are specimens of the green anaconda, E. murinus, with a reddish orange coloration on the sides, belly, and head. Some people call these "high orange" greens. I have seen both large and small specimens with this coloration, so I would say that they can retain this color into adulthood. Most of them appear to originate from the Orinoco River basin, or the northern population of greens in the north and northeastern area of South America. Really nice ones are quite rare.

On a further note, I still believe that the orange postocular stripe seen in many green anacondas is highly indicative of specimens from the northern section of the greens range, basically outside of the Amazon basin.

Kelly

thank you for the information. i really appreciate it.
-----
1.0.0 arg. b/w tegu
1.1.0 white's tree frog- popeye, jack
0.1.0 southern painted turtle- ms.tortle
0.1.0 crested gecko- crimson
1.0.0 pinto hedgehog- dante

With the food dyes you can get anything is possible, but this would have to be proven genetically, to be a [sub species].