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The Fierce Snake, also known as the Small Scaled Snake and Inland Taipan is a highly venomous snake that lives in Australia, notorious for having the most potent venom of any species of snake in the world.[1][2] The Fierce Snake or Inland Taipan is a species of Taipan belonging to the Elapidae family. Image File history File links FierceSnake. ...
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Typical Classes See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ...
Subclasses Anapsida Diapsida Synonyms Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 Reptiles are tetrapods and amniotes, animals whose embryos are surrounded by an amniotic membrane, and members of the class Sauropsida. ...
Suborders Lacertilia- Lizards Serpentes - Snakes Amphisbaenia - Worm lizards This article is about the Squamata order of reptiles. ...
Families Acrochordidae Aniliidae Anomalepididae Anomochilidae Atractaspididae Boidae Bolyeriidae Colubridae Cylindrophiidae Elapidae Hydrophiidae Leptotyphlopidae Loxocemidae Pythonidae Tropidophiidae Typhlopidae Uropeltidae Viperidae Xenopeltidae Snakes are cold blooded legless reptiles closely related to lizards, which share the order Squamata. ...
The Elapidae, or elapids, are a family of highly venomous snakes found in tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Indian Ocean and the Pacific. ...
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A poisonous snake (properly, venomous snake) is a snake that uses saliva venom delivered through two fangs in its mouth to kill its prey. ...
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The Elapidae, or elapids, are a family of highly venomous snakes found in tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Indian Ocean and the Pacific. ...
Venom
A single bite from the Fierce Snake contains enough venom to kill as many as 100 human adults, or 250,000 mice. The fierce snake's average venom yield is 44 mg, with a 110-mg record yield. It is 50 times more venomous than the Indian Cobra and 650 - 850 times more venomous than a Western- and Eastern Diamondback. The Fierce Snake has extremely neurotoxic venom. Although highly dangerous, it is very shy as long as the temperature is moderate, and can only be found in the desert of west Queensland. Even so, if it is suspected that a bite is from a fierce snake, Taipan Antivenom should be administered immediately. Also, the victim must be rushed to the nearest hospital, as taipan venom works quickly. Binomial name Naja naja Linnaeus, 1758 The Indian Cobra or Spectacled Cobra (Naga Raja) is a species of venomous snake native to the Indian subcontinent. ...
Diamondback can refer to: The Western Diamondback Rattlesnake, a rattlesnake The Diamondback moth, a moth The Diamondback terrapin, the state reptile of Maryland The Arizona Diamondbacks, a Major League Baseball team, named for the above rattlesnake The VFA-102 Diamondbacks, a U.S. Navy strike fighter squadron Diamondback, a fictional...
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Appearance The Fierce Snake is dark tan in color, ranging from a rich, dark hue to a brownish olive-green (depending on season). Its back, sides and tail may be different shades of brown and grey, with many individual scales having a wide blackish edge. These dark-marked scales occur in diagonal rows so that the marks align to form broken chevrons of variable length that are inclined backward and downward. The lowermost lateral scales often have an anterior yellow edge. The dorsal scales are smooth and without keels. The round-Snouted head and neck are usually noticeably darker than the body (glossy black in winter, dark brown in summer). The snake's color changes seasonally. The eye is of average size with a blackish brown iris and without a noticeable coloured rim around the pupil. It has twenty-three rows of mid-body scales, between fifty-five and seventy divided subcaudal scales, and one anal scale. The Fierce Snake averages approximately two metres (about 6.6 feet) in length, although larger specimens have been found.
Seasonal Adaptation Fierce Snakes (Inland Taipans) adapt to their environment by changing the colour of the skin during seasonal changes. Fierce Snakes tend to be lighter in summer and darker in winter. This seasonal colour change serves in thermoregulation, allowing the snake to absorb more light (thence converted to heat) in the colder months.
Range The Fierce Snake is native to the arid regions of central Australia, extending from the southeast part of the Northern Territory, and into west Queensland. The Fierce Snake can also be found north of Lake Eyre and to the west of the split of the Murray River, Darling River and Murrumbidgee River. Capital Darwin Government Const. ...
Capital Brisbane Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Quentin Bryce Premier Peter Beattie (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 28 - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05) - Product ($m) $158,506 (3rd) - Product per capita $40,170/person (6th) Population (End of September 2006) - Population 4,070,400 (3rd) - Density 2. ...
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Behaviour Fierce Snakes are known to live in holes, and feed on small rodents such as mice and rats. Despite its name, Fierce Snakes are not known to be particularly aggressive, but docile. They will strike if provoked, however, injecting their incomparably toxic venom.
Diet The Fierce Snake consumes small rodents, mainly rats. They kill their prey by attacking in quick, rapid strikes injecting highly toxic venom into their victim.
Reproduction Fierce snakes produce clutches of between one and two dozen eggs (12–24). The eggs hatch approximately two months after laying. The eggs are usually laid in abandoned animal burrows and deep crevices. Their reproduction rate also depends on their diet. If there are not enough rats then the snake will reproduce less.
Trivia - Although known as the most venomous land snake in the world, there have been no documented human fatalities from the Fierce Snake (Inland Taipan). All known bites have been treated using antivenom.
- Steve Irwin, the "The Crocodile Hunter" once presented a TV program listing the world's 10 deadliest snakes, of which the Fierce Snake came in at number 1. During the program, he was seen lying down outside the hole of a Fierce Snake, which came out and flicked Irwin with its tongue — before presumably deciding he did not taste very nice and slithering away, causing no harm to the biologist.
- Australian Snake Handler with Fierce Snake climbing on him
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