What is the most dangerous snake in Australia?
Without doubt, it is the Coastal Taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus). This species grows to just over 3 m and can inject a big dose of very potent venom. Its venom (primarily neurotoxic, but also coagulant and myotoxic) is the third most toxic snake venom known. The Coastal Taipan occurs in NW WA, northern NT and in Queensland across Cape York Peninsula and along the east coast to the Grafton area, northern NSW. Prior to the development of antivenom, only one person is known to have survived a bite by a Coastal Taipan.
