Species profile—Oxyuranus microlepidotus (western taipan)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Elapidae (elapid snakes) → Oxyuranus microlepidotus (western taipan)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Elapidae (elapid snakes)
- Scientific name
- Oxyuranus microlepidotus (McCoy, 1879)
- Common name
- western taipan
- WildNet taxon ID
- 469
- Alternate name(s)
- fierce snake
small-scaled snake
small scaled snake
inland taipan - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Venomous
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=469.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
