Taipan from Most Venomous Snake

All the taipans are most poisonous snake from the genus Oxyuranus within the elapid family. These are good sized, fast-moving and extremely venomous snakes native to the Australasia region. ​ There are actually at the moment only 3 identified species in the genus, with the latest found and described only in 2007, the Central Ranges taipan. ​