AUTHORITIES in Grenada have confirmed that the snake found last Saturday near to a popular beach is “a Juvenile Green Anaconda”. It is approximately eight feet long and about 2 years old!
A group of men cleaning an area on the beach discovered the large reptile in an abandon pond eating iguanas. The men immediately captured and caged the reptile and carried it to the St. Patrick Police Station.
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| The Juvenile Green Anaconda which was caputred recently. |
It was removed by an official of the St. George’s University and kept in safe keeping until Monday morning when officials of the forestry, environment, health and other departments met to determine the species and the sex.
On Monday, Senior Forestry Officer Anthony Jeremiah said that the species of the snake was determined to be a juvenile Green Anaconda but the sex is yet to be identified. “It’s an invasive species and will not be sent back into the wild nor will it be kept in Grenada,” he said.
“This specie of snake is normally found in South America and there are many ways it could have arrive here, we have no idea how it got here but it’s not going to stay here,” he added.
Jeremiah said that an inspection will be done of the site where the reptile was found. “Not the immediate environment of the pond but throughout the entire affluent Bathway area, we need to ensure that there no other snakes of that kind in the area or around Grenada as we have no natural predators for them,” he said.
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