Inland taipan Wombey argued that "Parademansia microlepidotus" belongs to a distinct genus, and this was also the opinion of Harold Cogger. Covacevich, McDowell, Tanner & Mengden (1981) successfully argued, by comparing anatomical features, chromosomes and behaviour of the two species then known as "Oxyuranus scutellatus" (taipan) and "Parademansia microlepidota", that they belonged in a single genus. "Oxyuranus" (1923), the more senior name, was adopted for the combined genus. "Oxyuranus microlepidotus" has been the fierce snake's binomial name since the early 1980s. The generic name, "Oxyuranus", means "oxus" (Greek) "sharp pointed", "oura" (Greek) "tail"; "-anus" (Latin) "belonging to", and refers to the inland
Sea Trader: Rise of Taipan having "no action to speak of". Sea Trader: Rise of Taipan Sea Trader: Rise of Taipan is a simulation video game developed and published by Jaleco Entertainment's American division. The game was released exclusively in North America on November 13, 2002 for the Game Boy Advance. In "Sea Trader", the player controls a ship and tries to build a trading empire by selling goods between different ports. Reception was mixed, with praise directed towards the game's addictive nature while criticism focused on its dated graphics and its somewhat bare-bones gameplay. "Sea Trader: Rise of Taipan" is a shipping simulation game,