What snakes live within the Australian inland taipan?”
The Inland Taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus), also known as the Small Scaled Snake or Fierce Snake, is native to Australia and is the most venomous land snake on Earth.[1][2] It is a species of Taipan belonging to the Elapidae family. Although highly venomous, it is very shy and secretive, preferring to escape from trouble, biting only if threatened. The average venom yield is 44 mg, 110 mg being the largest recorded, and the venom has a mouse LD50 of 0.03 mg/kg.[4] Its venom is 200-400 times more toxic than most rattlesnakes and 50 times as toxic as a cobra. The Inland Taipan has neurotoxic venom that could potentially kill an adult human in 45 minutes.[citation needed] There have been no documented human fatalities; bites were treated using antivenom.[citation needed] As of late 2003, all bites positively identified as having been caused by the Inland Taipan have occurred in herpetologists handling the snake,[5] although there are many case reports of bites likely caused by the speci
The Inland Taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus), also known as the Small Scaled Snake or Fierce Snake, is native to Australia and is the most venomous land snake on Earth.[1][2] It is a species of Taipan belonging to the Elapidae family. Although highly venomous, it is very shy and secretive, preferring to escape from trouble, biting only if threatened.[3] The average venom yield is 44 mg, 110 mg being the largest recorded, and the venom has a mouse LD50 of 0.03 mg/kg.[4] Its venom is 200-400 times more toxic than most rattlesnakes and 50 times as toxic as a cobra. The Inland Taipan has neurotoxic venom that could potentially kill an adult human in 45 minutes.[citation needed] There have been no documented human fatalities; bites were treated using antivenom.[citation needed] As of late 2003, all bites positively identified as having been caused by the Inland Taipan have occurred in herpetologists handling the snake,[5] although there are many case reports of bites likely caused by the sp
