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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 ]
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 ...
Central ranges taipan; Coastal taipan; Inland taipan; Paupan taipan; Tentacled snake; Tic polonga; Tiger snake. Chappell Island tiger snake; Common tiger snake; Down ...
The inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus) is considered the most venomous snake in the world with a murine LD 50 value of 0.025 mg/kg SC. [ 82 ] [ 83 ] Ernst and Zug et al. 1996 list a value of 0.01 mg/kg SC , which makes it the most venomous snake in the world in their study too.
[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.
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.
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 ...
[5] Studies on mice [6] [7] [8] and human cardiac cell culture [5] [9] [10] shows that venom of the inland taipan, drop by drop, is the most toxic among all snakes; land or sea. The most venomous sea snake is actually Dubois' seasnake (Aipysurus duboisii).