Taipan snake | Facts & Information

Origin

It is part of the family Elapidae and despite possessing the most powerful venom on tera it is very shy and if it may prefer to leave than fight when it feels threatened.

At each bite an adult injects 110 mg of Venom. The lethal dose for a mouse is 2 micrograms (ppb) pure toxin and 30 micro grams mixed toxin.

Taipan Venom is 200 to 400 times more powerful than a rattlesnake and 50 times more powerful than a cobra. This venom is so neurotoxic that it kills an adult human within 40 minutes.

Taipan Snake Food

The Taipan's diet consists of rats, lizards, small mammals, and so on. Adults who hunt larger prey do not need to inject all the venom available at a bite.

At the time of the bite the venom from the gland comes out through the fangs into the victim. The freed prey tries to save itself, not knowing that it will die, and the Snake follows it by smell until it falls and succumbs to the venom.

Smaller snakes after biting hold prey until it can be swallowed. The ability to swallow large animals gives the snake energy and is sated for long periods so it only needs a few meals each year.

Characteristics Taipan Snake

Taipan varies from a shade of dark brown to brownish-green as olive depending on the season, but can also have shades of gray. The neck and head, which is round, are somewhat darker than the body.

The eye is medium, with a brown iris and like the rest of the snakes has a flexible jaw. Taipans tend to adapt to the environment by changing skin color permanently.

In summer they are lighter in color, and in winter their color is darker. This seasonal color change allows them to absorb more light in the colder months.

Taipan Snake Breeding

The female taipan gives birth to 12 to 20 eggs. Eggs are usually laid in abandoned animal dens or in shallow pits. The rate of reproduction largely depends on their diet. If food is scarce, then the snake will reproduce less often.

Mating takes place in the spring from august to December. The males engage in fights, and these can last for hours until the stronger dominant male finally wins the right to mate with the female.

If the female is receptive, she rubs the lower part of her body. Males have two mating orcas, but only use one for mating. Mating can take several hours and during the season a female can mate with several males.

After two months of mating, the female lays an average of 16 eggs. Taipan eggs are generally elongated in shape and hard shell. Reproduction is usually repeated every year.

After laying the eggs the female leaves and in about two months incubation takes place. Under favorable conditions serpisorii grow very quickly.

Males and females grow about the same. Males reach sexual maturity after 16 months and females after 28. In captivity they live 10-15 years. At a zoo in Australia, a taipan has lived to be 20 years old.