Inland taipan and at Animal World & Snake Farm Zoo in Texas. In Europe inland taipans are held in Sweden at the Stockholm Skansen zoo and Goteborg Universeum. in the UK at the London Zoo. Amateur zoo listings also report the snake in "tropicarium park" Jesolo Italy, in "Gifttierhaus" Eimsheim, "Welt der Gifte" Greifswald and "TerraZoo" Rheinberg Germany, in "Lausanne vivarium" Lausanne Switzerland, in Randers Tropical Zoo Denmark, in Plzeň Zoo Czech Republic and in "Reptilienzoo Nockalm" Patergassen Austria. In New South Wales, it is only legal to privately own an inland taipan with the highest venomous class reptile licence. The inland
Coastal taipan rodent population in the fields. In Far North Queensland in the Cape York Peninsula, it is usually found in open woodland areas. Thickets of introduced "Lantana" are also favoured habitat. The coastal taipan shelters in abandoned animal burrows, hollow logs, and in piles of vegetation and litter. The coastal taipan is primarily diurnal, being mostly active in the early to mid-morning period, although it may become nocturnal in hot weather conditions. When hunting, it appears to actively scan for prey using its well-developed eyesight, and is often seen traveling with its head raised slightly above ground level. Once prey is