It was named and described in 2009 as Titanoboa cerrejonensis, and lauded as the largest snake ever found at that time. The original type material consisted of thoracic vertebrae and ribs, but …

Aug 2, 2024 · Long as a school bus, wide as a baseball bat, and heavy as a truck, the Titanoboa (Titanoboa cerrejonensis) was the largest snake ever to slither the earth.

Aug 15, 2025 · The largest snake ever discovered is Titanoboa cerrejonensis. This colossal serpent lived during the middle to late Paleocene epoch, approximately 60 to 58 million years …

Apr 21, 2025 · But studies conducted on the skull of Titanoboa, the largest snake that ever lived, broke the mold.

Jan 13, 2023 · The Titanoboa—the largest known snake to ever exist—was as long as a school bus, growing to an estimated 50 feet long and 3 feet wide.

Apr 13, 2025 · The uncovering of the largest snake ever recorded in Florida’s swampland was more than just a statistic. It was a scientific milestone, expanding our understanding of …

Apr 19, 2024 · The largest recorded Burmese python was a captive snake named Baby, which measured 18.8 feet (5.74 m) long, according to Guinness World records.

Titanoboa, discovered by Museum scientists, was the largest snake that ever lived. Estimated up to 50 feet long and 3 feet wide, this snake was the top predator in the world’s first tropical …

The longest living species of snake is the reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus) of south-east Asia, Indonesia and the Philippines, which regularly exceeds 6.25 m (20 ft 6 in); the …

Dec 22, 2023 · According to Carlos Jaramillo, a paleontologist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Titanoboa was about 45 feet on average, that’s a third larger than the …