O. scutellatus canni head shots

This 2 m female, which I got as a baby from Peter Pastor, produced offspring for the first time this year. Yeahhh!!
O. scutellatus canni head shots Cannihead3

O. scutellatus canni head shots Cannihead3

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Very nice ! she has a very clear head, and a colorfull body!
Mine is far more dark and less contrasted in color.How is the male ?
R.

Nice picture of a nice snake Klaus.
Thanks for sharing. And great that you already bred them.

Cheers,
Harold

Beautiful pictures Klaus! I really like taipans Smile

Handsome taipan Very Happy

very nice pics for sure!

Very nice taipan Cool

Im hoping to have one from peter very soon i cant wait lol. Yours is a very nice taipan i hope mine looks just as good

That's a great pic of that beauty. They are quite potent and bleeding is hard to control, as with many of the Ozzie elapids.

Regards Ron

Congratulations, Klaus! Good to "see" you again, by the way! Its been a while.

Hi Thomas,

yeah, good to have you on this forum. Lots of interesting people and topics here. I'm looking forward to discussing issues with you.

Take care,

Klaus

Very nice pictures, papuan taipans are beautiful animals.

Welcome, Paul, and yes, they are very beautiful animals, very active -cruising all day long. Nonetheless, of all the approx. 60 different species of venomous snakes that I kept in the past 30 years (including mambas and brownsnakes) they are also the species that most often scared me to near-heart-attack. Papuan taipans are not aggressive but extremely nervous and lightning-fast. I remember one incident where I was having a taipan jumping on my lap just because I was spraying his enclosure with warm water. I really wonder that, inspite of so many people keeping these animals these days, nothing serious seem to have happened in the past years (as far as I know).

Thank you Klaus, it is interesting to read about your experience with elapids. It seems that papuan taipans are both very interesting and scary animals to work with. I don't recall having heard about serious bites with captive specimens in the past years as well but I learned recently that many deaths occur each year in Papua New Guinea because of this species. Come to think of it, a famous herpetologist named D. Williams has been publishing interesting things about the Oxyuranus genus and the unfortunate accidents involving papuan taipans in New Guinea.

You're right. Read David's book on 'Venomous bites and stings in Papua New Guinea'. Very informative!

Yes, I plan to get it one day it looks most interesting. I learned many things thanks to the pdf files he published about his studies and experiences, so I assume this book is a way more complete.
According to his observations, most people who got bitten by taipans shortly became envenomated in New Guinea. At this point, I doubt serotherapy would work due to the strong neurotoxicity in their venom and the irreversible damages it does to your organism. Obviously this venom of theirs is a threat to be taken seriously.

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