Inland taipan Inland taipan The inland taipan ("Oxyuranus microlepidotus"), also commonly known as the western taipan, the small-scaled snake, or the fierce snake, is an extremely venomous snake of the taipan ("Oxyuranus") genus, and is endemic to semi-arid regions of central east Australia. Aboriginal Australians living in those regions named the snake "Dandarabilla". It was first described by Frederick McCoy in 1879 and then by William John Macleay in 1882, but for the next 90 years, it was a mystery species to the scientific community. No more specimens were found, and virtually nothing was added to the knowledge of this species until
Sea Trader: Rise of Taipan 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, where the player's goal is to