5 types of snakes

Answer 1

There are two primary large snake families - the boa and the python.

Since all of these snakes are difficult to find by their very nature, all sizes are estimates only, and there very likely exist individuals in each species which are larger than listed here.

The largest by mass is a boa, the Green Anaconda - upwards of 25 feet long and 300+ pounds.

Largest by length is the Reticulated Python - upwards of 30 feet long.

Next largest is African Rock Python - upwards of 25 feet long.

Next is the Burmese Python - upwards of 20 feet.

Next it gets fuzzy (there are a lot of boas and pythons and even a few venomous snakes around this size), but most likely the Boa Constrictor is the largest at upwards of 15 feet. The King Cobra is longer, at upwards of 18 feet, but weighs less than a quarter what the Boa Constrictor weighs, and cannot consume prey as large as the Constrictor can.

The largest snake to ever have existed is the long extinct Titanoboa cerrejonensis, at 43 feet long and 2500+ pounds, this monster would have trouble squeezing through a doorway! It most likely fed on massive prehistoric crocodiles and turtles.

Answer 2

If you mean species... Adder, Anaconda, Boa, Boomslang, Cobra...