🐍 Common garter snake vs Green anaconda 🐍
The green anaconda is about 15 times as long as the common garter snake.
| Row | 🐍 Common garter snake | 🐍 Green anaconda |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed Neither has a checked number yet. | no checked number yet | no checked number yet |
| Weight We don't have a checked number for the common garter snake yet. | no checked number yet | 551 lb250 kg1 |
| Lives The green anaconda usually lives about one and a half times as long as the common garter snake. | 4 to 10 years4 to 10 years2 | 10 years10 years1 |
| Eats Both eat meat. | earthworms, slugs, frogs, tadpoles and small fish | fish, birds, turtles, capybaras and other animals near the water |
| Lives in They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet. | gardens, meadows, woods and wetlands across most of North America | the swamps, slow rivers and rainforests of tropical South America |
Which one? Common garter snake or green anaconda
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the common garter snake 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, Green anaconda, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Klamath Network, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Jewel Cave, checked 30 October 2026.
- US Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species: green anaconda profile, checked 30 October 2026.