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Common Name: Yellow Anaconda
Taxonomy: available through 
Nonindigenous Occurrences:
Two specimens collected from the same area in Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas; one in the fall of 2004, the other in the spring of 2005. This could indicate that they were released together and one overwintered.
Four specimens have been collected from Florida. One from the Tamiami Trail in the Everglades in 2006; two in Big Cypress National Preserve in 2007; and another in Big Cypress in early 2008.
Ecology: Large constrictor that lives mainly in water.
Means of Introduction: Released pets.
Status: Unknown. The remote location of these specimens and finding three in a approximately 6 months from the same area is worrisome.
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks:
References
Author: Pam Fuller
Revision Date: 2/22/2008 Citation for this information:
Pam Fuller. 2009. Eunectes notaeus. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=2576> Revision Date: 2/22/2008
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