What is Taipan?
[[File:FierceSnakeOlive.jpg|thumb|250px|A taipan]] A '''taipan''' is a [[snake]] of the [[genus]] '''''Oxyuranus'''''. They are large, fast-moving, highly [[venomous snake|venomous]] snakes in the [[elapid]] family. Taipans are [[endemic]] to [[Australasia]]. There are three [[species]], one of which, the coastal taipan, has two [[subspecies]]. It is one of the deadliest known snakes. {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Elapidae]] [[Category:Reptiles of Australia]]