Oxyuranus

Addendum and details Oxyuranus temporalis - the new taipan species

Archive 2007-03-01 2007

In the paper “A new species of taipan (Elapidae: Oxyuranus) from central Australia”, researchers P. Doughty, B. Maryan, S.C. Donnellan and M.N. Hutchinson (in Zootaxa 1422: 45-58: 2007) described Oxyuranus temporalis.

Archive 2007-03-01 2007

Both the inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus) and the eastern brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis) both have venom more potent than any sea snake.

Of dragons and microbes - The Panda's Thumb 2005

Both the inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus) and the eastern brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis) both have venom more potent than any sea snake.

Of dragons and microbes - The Panda's Thumb 2005

Both the inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus) and the eastern brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis) both have venom more potent than any sea snake.

Of dragons and microbes - The Panda's Thumb 2005

The two western desert taipans Oxyuranus temporalis were found as part of a survey in

NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2010

Its venom is said to be several times more potent than that of the Fierce snake Oxyuranus microlepidotes – the most venomous land snake – but it’s a very docile species that, even when handled roughly, rarely bites, and when it does bite it doesn’t inject much venom.

Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006

Its venom is said to be several times more potent than that of the Fierce snake Oxyuranus microlepidotes – the most venomous land snake – but it’s a very docile species that, even when handled roughly, rarely bites, and when it does bite it doesn’t inject much venom.

‘A miniature plesiosaur without flippers’: surreal morphologies and surprising behaviours in sea snakes Darren Naish 2006