The coastal TAIPAN has two subspecies: the coastal TAIPAN (O. s. scutellatus), found along the northeastern coast of Queensland, and the Papuan TAIPAN (O. s. canni), found on the southern coast of Papua New Guinea.
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The coastal TAIPAN is the third-most venomous land snake after the inland TAIPAN and the Eastern brown snake. The TAIPAN venom contains pre- and postsynaptic neurotoxins, myotoxins, and procoagulants, which result in a quick and painful death.
Class: Reptilia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Squamata
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TAIPAN Care Zoos and research facilities house these snakes to educate the public and to collect venom for the creation of life-saving antivenom. Only trained individuals handle these highly venomous snakes.
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Inland TAIPAN have also been observed presumably mating in the wild in late winter. Females with oviducal eggs can be found in mid-spring (second half of November). Clutch size ranges from 11-20, with 16 being the average. The eggs measure 6 x 3.5cm when laid and take 9-11 weeks to hatch at 27-30°C. Newly-hatched young have a total length of ...
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An inland TAIPAN’s venom is around 50 times as toxic as an Indian cobra’s venom. This means that this snake is believed to have the second most lethal bite of all snakes in the world. The inland TAIPAN snake lives in remote, arid regions of eastern Australia. It is a medium-large snake, averaging between 6 and 7 feet long.
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The meaning of TAIPAN is a powerful businessman and especially formerly a foreigner living and operating in Hong Kong or China.
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TAIPANs are snakes of the genus Oxyuranus in the elapid family. They are large, fast-moving, highly venomous, and endemic to Australia. There are currently three recognised species, one of which, the coastal TAIPAN, has two subspecies. TAIPANs are one of the deadliest known snakes.
The common name, TAIPAN, was coined by anthropologist Donald Thomson after the word used by the Wik-Mungkan Aboriginal people of central Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia. The Wik-Mungkan people used the name in reference to an ancestral creator being in Aboriginal Australian mythology known as the Rainbow Serpent.
Inland TAIPAN – The inland species, also known as the “small-scaled” or “fierce snake,” lives in central East Australia. Its venom can kill an adult man in 30 to 45 minutes without treatment. However, this species is quite shy and does its best to escape a threat rather than fight it.
The favoured prey of the Inland TAIPAN is the Long-haired Rat Rattus villosissimus. This species goes through “boom-and-bust” cycles, breeding up to plague proportions during the good seasons and virtually disappearing during times of drought.