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
Taipan Rosendale, a Guugu Yimithirr aborigine bitten at Hope Vale in 1949. Murray writes that Rosendale's condition was so severe that nurses later showed him extracted samples of his own blood that were completely black in colour. Temperament also varies from species to species. The inland taipan is generally shy while the coastal taipan can be quite aggressive when cornered and will actively defend itself. Taipan The taipans are snakes of the genus Oxyuranus in the elapid family. They are large, fast-moving, highly venomous, and endemic to Australasia. There are currently three recognised species, one of which, the coastal taipan, has