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Central Ranges Taipan

Oxyuranus temporalis

Classification

Family
Elapidae

The Central Ranges taipan, or Western Desert taipan (Oxyuranus temporalis), 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.

Distribution

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