Inland taipan Moscow - Russian federation. (page 17) European Association of Zoos and Aquaria Magazine. Retrieved November 11, 2013.</ref> In the Moscow Zoo they are kept in the "House of Reptiles" which is not usually open for the general public. The inland taipan is also on public display in Australia at the Australia Zoo, Australian Reptile Park, Billabong Sanctuary, Cairns Tropical Zoo, Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary and Shoalhaven Zoo. The snake is also on display at several locations outside of Australia. In the United States, inland taipans are held at the Dallas Zoo, at Reptile Gardens South Dakota, at Kentucky Reptile Zoo
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