INLAND TAIPAN (OXYURANUS MICROLEPIDOTUS)
The Inland Taipan (Oxyuranus Microlepidotus) is an extremely venomous Australian snake that is one of the most venomous of all terrestrial snakes and is considered the most terrible "nightmare" in Australia. However, the nature of this snake is quite shy, they often run away when incidents occur. Therefore, snakebites and deaths from snakebites are often recorded with little occurrence of this snake.
In addition to the ability to kill prey with venom, they also have for themselves another "specialty" that helps them in hunting, which is the ability to change color from dark brown to dark green or dark olive green. Their skin color changes differently depending on the season.
Inland Taipan has a length of about 1.8 - 2.5m. Their food is usually rodents or birds and they often live in dry environments, where there is much prey such as rat dens. The venom of the Inland Taipan is very strong, 10 times stronger than the Mojave rattlesnake and 50 times stronger than the venom of a common cobra. They can cause 100 people to die after 45 minutes without timely medical intervention with only 110 mg of venom.
Country: Australia.
Habitat: Dry plains, in the dens of native rat species.
Length: Average 1.8m - 2.5m.
Lethal time: About 45 minutes.
Venom/bite: < 100mg.
