Inland taipan: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the inland taipan lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Oxyuranus microlepidotus
Group	Snakes
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Reptile
Order	Squamata
Family	Elapidae

Where does the inland taipan live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the inland taipan in 1 country or territory across Oceania. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Australia.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the inland taipan endangered?

The inland taipan’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the inland taipan?

The inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus) is a reptile in the order Squamata and the family Elapidae, genus Oxyuranus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the inland taipan

The inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus), also commonly known as the western taipan, small-scaled snake, or fierce snake, is a species of extremely venomous snake in the family Elapidae. It is endemic to semiarid regions of central‑eastern Australia. Aboriginal Australians living in areas where Karnic languages are spoken refer to this species as dandarabilla.

The species was formally described by Frederick McCoy in 1879 and William John Macleay in 1882, but for almost 90 years, it remained poorly known to science; no additional specimens were collected and virtually nothing was added to knowledge of its biology until the species was rediscovered in 1972.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Inland taipan (revision 1376322138), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q72934 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).