1. Inland and Coastal Taipan Tyler Brown Mrs.Cottrell-Grade 3

2. Appearance The Inland Taipan can grow up to 8 feet The Coastal Taipan can grow up to 12 feet The Coastal Taipan has a coffin shaped head The Inland Taipan is gray and yellow The Coastal Taipan is the largest snake in Australia

3. Habitat The Inland Taipan lives in the Northern Territory and Southern Australia in the desert The Coastal Taipan lives in the Northern Territory and in Queensland

4. Food and Hunting They only eat very hairy mice or rats, and it eats small lizards and marsupials

5. Nesting Behaviors The Coastal Taipan can lay up to 22 eggs The Inland Taipan can lay up to 20 eggs

6. Interesting Facts The Inland Taipan can kill up to 100 healthy men or 250,000 mice with it’s venom

7. Bibliography Deadly and Incredible Animals by Jay Dale, 2001. Reptiles and Amphibians by Mark O’ and Tim Halliday, 2002. http://www.kidcyber.com.au/