A giant anaconda species captured recently in the Amazon of Ecuador by a team of scientists is the largest to ever be documented, USA TODAY previously reported, and now, there are images showing ...

The two species of green anaconda look almost identical, and no obvious geographical barrier exists to separate them. But their level of genetic divergence—5.5%—is staggering.

The nearly 10-million-year-old reptile, newly named northern green anaconda, was found by a team of scientists from The University of Queensland and the Huaorani people in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

The two species of green anaconda look almost identical, and no obvious geographical barrier exists to separate them. But their level of genetic divergence – 5.5% – is staggering.