What is the inland taipan?

Inland Taipan, or oxyuranus microlepidotus , is a member of the Elapidae Snakes family and is found only in Australia. In general, the size of the inland taipan is about 6 feet (1.8 m). Individual samples were found, which are up to 8.2 feet (about 2.5 m). Most often a man is greater than a woman.

This snake, also called a wild snake, is widely considered to be the simplest snake in the world. Scientists estimate that I am poisoning inland taipan is about 50 times more toxic than cobras and about 200 to 400 times poisonous than most rattles. Venom from one bite is potentially enough to kill more than 100 people or more than 250,000 mice. Regardless of how toxic poison, inland taipan represents several deaths because it is so proveing ​​and runs away from threats.

geographically, the reach of inland taipan is very limited. Its distribution is limited to the continent of Australia. In Australia, it can only be found in an extremely hot and dry climate of the Australian Outback. InThis rare type of snakes inhabits only an area of ​​Australia, where the borders of the northern territory, Queensland and South Australia connect.

The color of the inland taiphane ranges from reddish dark brown to dark tan and shades of olive green and buff. Its color varies depending on the season and in winter it is darker than in summer. Changing the color helps her adapt to the extreme climate of the Australian outback. When it is darker, it is able to better absorb heat in winter and remains colder when it is lighter in summer. Her head becomes a shiny dark black in winter, which allows inland taipan to become more effective by exposing a smaller body at the entrance to its burrow.

Inland taiphanes like living in abandoned Burrows and in deep slots and cracks that are formed in very dry soil of the Australian outback. This snake is a carnivore and feeds almost completely on small mammals. TOLynobs are a popular prey, but also her lizards, birds and marsupials.

The behavior of inland taipans is not known much because they are both rare and proven. Their season of mating takes place from July to December. Women laid 12-20 eggs that hatched after about two months.