🐊 American alligator vs Green anaconda 🐍
The green anaconda is about 3 times as long as the American alligator. The American alligator weighs about twice as much as the green anaconda.
| Row | 🐊 American alligator | 🐍 Green anaconda |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed Neither has a checked number yet. | no checked number yet | no checked number yet |
| Weight The American alligator weighs about twice as much as the green anaconda. | 1,000 lb454 kg1 | 551 lb250 kg2 |
| Lives The American alligator usually lives about 5 times as long as the green anaconda. | 50 years50 years3 | 10 years10 years2 |
| Eats Both eat meat. | fish, turtles, frogs, snakes and birds | fish, birds, turtles, capybaras and other animals near the water |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | swamps, marshes, rivers and lakes of the southeastern United States | the swamps, slow rivers and rainforests of tropical South America |
Which one? American alligator or green anaconda
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the American alligator or the green anaconda yet, so there is no race.
We only race. Real animals mostly avoid each other. A race is the only fair contest: who reaches the tree first, by top speed.
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Where these numbers come from
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, checked 30 October 2026.
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, Green anaconda, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Gulf Islands, checked 30 October 2026.
- US Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species: green anaconda profile, checked 30 October 2026.