10. Taipan, coastal taipan, eastern taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus)
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Taipan ranks 10th in our list of the 20 most venomous snakes in the world. Taipan inhabits northern Australia and New Guinea island. It inhabits temperate and tropical wet regions, including monsoon forests and moist grasslands. Although named “coastal”, it is also found away from the shore and at places with lower temperatures. Taipan is slender and long snake (1.5-2 meters), and considered to be the largest venomous snake in Australia, having also the longest fangs, up to 1.3 centimeters. Taipans are evenly colored, dark brown to black. Even though it is only at the 10th place on our list, it could be said that it is one of the most venomous snakes in the world concerning the mix of toxins contained in its venom, which cause a series of tissue paralyses, destruction of muscles, internal bleeding and suffocation.
