Taipan

Scientific Name: Oxyuranus scutellatus

Nick Name: Atom bomb of the mice world

Distribution: Northern Australia and southern New Guinea

Habitat: savanna forests to the inland plains

Size: 6 ft long (1.8 – 3.7 m)

Nature: Venomous, very shy snake

Potency of Venom: Neurotoxin, 125 people, 2, 50,000 mice

Feeds on: Mice, rats

Appearance: long narrow head, with a thin neck and slim body, back is uniformly brown, from fawn to russet or nearly black in different localities, snout or whole head is cream with the eyes being orange; belly is yellow with reddish marks towards the throat.

Side Line:

• Baby taipans even more deadly.
• Australia's longest venomous snake and its fangs are by far the longest (teeth can grow to more than 12 mm).
• Can lay a cluster of 10-20 eggs.