The green anaconda may be the most massive snake in the world, but it's not the most brightly colored. It's a nonvenomous constrictor that eats small mammals, birds and frogs. It's a tree dweller and hunts by coiling around a tree branch with its head hanging down, ready to strike from above. It's a big snake, growing to about 6 feet long, and its vivid green adult coloration is often marked by white patterns down the back. The emerald tree boa lives in the lowland rain forests of the Amazon. The frog-eating giant parrotsnake is a widespread example of this type of snake. One species in South America specializes in lurking next to flowers to snag hummingbirds on the wing. They are called "vine snakes" because they look like vine stems and often hunt by imitating them, waiting motionless for dinner to come by. A vine snake is any of several species of slender, bright green snake found throughout the tropical rain forests of the world.
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