Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates © Rune Midtgaard Taxonomy of the family Elapidae [terrestrial species] Bibliography of the genus Oxyuranus Biodiversity of the family Elapidae [terrestrial species] Genus Oxyuranus Taipans Taipane Taipaner 1923 Oxyuranus Kinghorn (type species: Oxyuranus maclennani Kinghorn 1923) 1955 Parademansia Kinghorn (type species: Diemenia microlepidota McCoy 1879; syn. Cogger 2014 [by implication]) Contents: 3 species, of which 2 (66.7%) are endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: Australia, New Guinea. Reported from: Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland [incl. Fraser Island, Torres Strait Islands], South Australia, Western Australia), Indonesia (Sudarso Island, Western New Guinea), Papua New Guinea (Eastern New Guinea). Oxyuranus microlepidotus Inland Taipan, Small-scaled Snake, Fierce Snake, (Western Taipan) Inlandtaipan Østlig Ørkentaipan 1879 Diemenia microlepidota McCoy Pseudechis microlepidotus Boulenger 1896 Parademansia microlepidota Kinghorn 1955 Oxyuranus microlepidotus Covacevich, McDowell, Tanner & Mengden 1981 1882 Diemenia ferox Macleay (Golay & al. 1993) Pseudechis ferox Boulenger 1896 Remarks: Previously regarded as a western form of scutellatus. Revalidated by Covacevich & Wombey (1976). Regionally extinct in Victoria (Wilson & Swan 2010). Distribution: Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia). Oxyuranus microlepidotus © Rune Midtgaard Oxyuranus scutellatus Eastern Taipan, Common Taipan, (Taipan) Östliche Taipan Kysttaipan 1867 Pseudechis scutellatus Peters Oxyuranus scutellatus Thompson 1933 1911 Pseudechis wilesmithii De Vis (Golay & al. 1993) 1923 Oxyuranus maclennani Kinghorn (Golay & al. 1993) 1956 Oxyuranus scutellatus canni Slater Oxyuranus canni Wells & Wellington 1985 Other common names: canni: Papuan Taipan    Papuataipan scutellatus: Australian Taipan    Australsk Kysttaipan Distribution: Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland [incl. Fraser Island, Torres Strait Islands], Western Australia), Indonesia (Sudarso Island, Western New Guinea), Papua New Guinea (Eastern New Guinea). Oxyuranus scutellatus © Rune Midtgaard Oxyuranus temporalis Western Desert Taipan, Central Ranges Taipan Westliche Wüstentaipan Vestlig Ørkentaipan 2007 Oxyuranus temporalis Doughty, Maryan, Donnellan & Hutchinson Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory, Western Australia).