Western Desert Taipan
Oxyuranus temporalis
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Reptiles
The Central Ranges taipan, or Western Desert taipan, is a species of extremely venomous taipan that was discovered in 2007 by Australian researchers Paul Doughty, Brad Maryan, Stephen Donnellan, and Mark Hutchinson. Taipans are large, fast-moving, and extremely venomous Australasian snakes. The Central Ranges taipan was named one of the top-five new species of 2007 by the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University.
Classification
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Elapidae
- Genus
- Oxyuranus