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Inland Taipan
Oxyuranus microlepidotus
Danger: Other Names: Western Taipan, Small-scaled Snake, Fierce Snake Family: Elapidae (Elapid snakes, about 60 species in Australia, about 300 species in the world) Size: Typically 2 metres Distribution: Presumed extinct in NSW, regionally extinct in VIC. Small areas of extreme Southwest QLD and Northeast SA. Status: Not many of them left. Habitat: Bleak, sparsely vegetated, cracking plains, also Cooper Creek drainage systems in arid Southwest QLD and Northeast SA. References: Wilson and Swan. About the Inland TaipanThe venom of the inland taipan is the most toxic known for any terrestrial snake (non-sea-snake). Their head and neck colour changes from very dark to black in winter, and fading to a lighter yellowish colour in summer. Underneath they are cream to yellow with orange blotches. Habits: Shy and rarely attempts to bite, even when provoked. Diet: Feeds almost exclusively on rats.
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Dangerously venomous
