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Western desert taipan |
Great Victoria Desert, Western Australia Photo © Jordan Vos |
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Oxyuranus temporalis | ||||||||||
Pronunciation | OX-ee-your-AH-nuss temp-or-AH-liss | |||||||||
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Etymology |
Oxyuranus: 'pointy tail'.
temporalis: referring to the solitary primary temporal scale.1 |
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Other names |
Central Ranges taipan1
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Description | Distribution | Natural history | Conservation | Further information | More photos |
Range
The first individual of this species was collected on the eastern margin of the Walter James Range of Western Australia, near the borders of the Northern Territory and South Australia.1 It is likely the the species is also found in South Australia. Found in the following Australian states/territoriesWestern Australia, Northern Territory Habitat |
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