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  2. Inland taipan - Wikipedia

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    The inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus), also commonly known as the western taipan, small-scaled snake, or fierce snake, [6] is a species of extremely venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to semiarid regions of central east Australia . [ 7 ]

  3. Taipan - Wikipedia

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    The three known species are the coastal taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus), the inland taipan (O. microlepidotus), and a recently discovered third species, the Central Ranges taipan (O. temporalis). [5] The coastal taipan has two subspecies: the coastal taipan ( O. s. scutellatus ), found along the northeastern coast of Queensland, and the Papuan ...

  4. Coastal taipan - Wikipedia

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    The coastal taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus), or common taipan, [4] is a species of extremely venomous snake in the family Elapidae. Described by Wilhelm Peters in 1867, the species is native to the coastal regions of northern and eastern Australia and the island of New Guinea. The second-longest venomous snake in Australia, the coastal taipan ...

  5. File:Taipan map.svg - Wikipedia

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  6. Portal:Snakes - Wikipedia

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    Australia-Oceania Köppen Map (from Australian snake habitats) Image 40 The world's most venomous snake, based on LD 50 , is the inland taipan of Australia. (from Venomous snake )

  7. Eastern brown snake - Wikipedia

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    The eastern brown snake is considered the second-most venomous terrestrial snake in the world, behind only the inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus) of central east Australia. [58] Responsible for more deaths from snakebite in Australia than any other species, [ 59 ] it is the most commonly encountered dangerous snake in Adelaide, and is ...

  8. Central Ranges taipan - Wikipedia

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    The Central Ranges taipan, or Western Desert taipan (Oxyuranus temporalis), is a species of taipan that was described in 2007 by Australian researchers Paul Doughty, Brad Maryan, Stephen Donnellan, and Mark Hutchinson. [2] Taipans are large, fast, extremely venomous Australasian snakes.

  9. Venomous snake - Wikipedia

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    [16] [17] For example, while the inland taipan is regarded as the world's most venomous snake based on LD 50 tests on mice, it is a shy species and rarely strikes, and has not caused any known human fatalities.