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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 ]
A 2016 genetic analysis showed that the speckled brown snake (Pseudonaja guttata) was an early offshoot of a lineage giving rise to the taipans, with the Central Ranges taipan being an offshoot of the common ancestor of the inland and coastal taipans.
Taipoxin is a potent myo- and neurotoxin that was isolated from the venom of the coastal taipan Oxyuranus scutellatus or also known as the common taipan. [1] Taipoxin like many other pre-synaptic neurotoxins are phospholipase A 2 (PLA 2) toxins, which inhibit/complete block the release of the motor transmitter acetylcholine and lead to death by paralysis of the respiratory muscles (). [2]
Covacevich is most famous for rediscovering and describing the Inland Taipan snake (Oxyuranus microlepidotus), the world's most venomous snake. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In addition, she described over thirty new species and genera including the Cape York striped blind snake ( Ramphotyphlops chamodracaena ), the Nangur spiny skink ( Nangura spinosa ), and ...
Taipan. Central ranges taipan; Coastal taipan; Inland taipan; Paupan taipan; Tentacled snake; Tic polonga; Tiger snake. Chappell Island tiger snake; Common tiger snake; Down's tiger snake; Eastern tiger snake; King Island tiger snake; Krefft's tiger snake; Peninsula tiger snake; Tasmanian tiger snake; Western tiger snake; Tigre snake; Tree ...
Kevin Clifford Budden (September 27, 1930 [1] – July 28, 1950) [2] was an amateur Australian herpetologist and snake hunter. Budden was the first person to capture a live taipan for research and died from a snakebite in the process of doing so.
Coastal taipan: Peter Ryan, 33 yo male Kerry, Queensland, bitten twice on left leg on 23 January 1996. Transferred from Beaudesert Hospital to Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane where he died on 14 February 1996. [74] Bite was witnessed, pathology confirmed and multiple doses of antivenom administered. Confirmed as Taipan again on autopsy ...
The eastern brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis) is the most toxic member of the genus and is considered by some to be the second-most toxic land snake in the world, after the inland taipan (which is also found in Australia). The western brown snake is the 10th-most venomous snake in the world.