Inland taipan hatch two months later. The eggs are usually laid in abandoned animal burrows and deep crevices. Reproduction rate depends in part on their diet: if there is not enough food, then the snake will reproduce less. Captive snakes generally live for 10 to 15 years. An inland taipan at Australia Zoo lived to be over 20 years old. The mulga snake ("Pseudechis australis") is immune to most Australian snake venom, and is known to also eat young inland taipans. The perentie ("Varanus giganteus") is a large monitor lizard that also shares the same habitat. As it grows large enough, it
Inland taipan taipan is dark tan, ranging from a rich, dark hue to a brownish light-green, depending on season. Its back, sides and tail may be different shades of brown and grey, with many scales having a wide blackish edge. These dark-marked scales occur in diagonal rows so that the marks align to form broken chevrons of variable length that are inclined backward and downward. The lowermost lateral scales often have an anterior yellow edge. The dorsal scales are smooth and without keels. The round-snouted head and neck are usually noticeably darker than the body (glossy black in winter, dark brown in