NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Central Ranges Taipan
Oxyuranus temporalis Doughty, Maryan, Donnellan & Hutchinson, 2007
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The Central Ranges taipan, or Western Desert taipan (Oxyuranus temporalis), is a species of extremely venomous taipan that was discovered in 2007 by Australian researchers Paul Doughty, Brad Maryan, Stephen Donnellan, and Mark Hutchinson. Taipans are large, fast-moving, and extremely venomous Australasian snakes. The Central Ranges taipan was named one of the top-five new species of 2007 by the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University.
Wikipedia contributors, Central Ranges taipan; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T09:32:09.690399+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Oxyuranus temporalis Doughty, Maryan, Donnellan & Hutchinson, 2007
- Name authority
- Doughty, Maryan, Donnellan & Hutchinson, 2007
- Common name
- Central Ranges Taipan
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Elapidae
- Genus
- Oxyuranus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
- infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
- familyElapidae
- subfamilyHydrophiinae
- genusOxyuranus
- speciesOxyuranus temporalis Doughty, Maryan, Donnellan & Hutchinson, 2007
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Oxyuranus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Fierce SnakeOxyuranus microlepidotus (Mccoy, 1879) | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Oxyuranus scutellatus (Peters, 1867) | ElapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- DOUGHTY, PAUL; BRAD MARYAN, STEPHEN C. DONNELLAN & MARK N. HUTCHINSON. (2007). A new species of taipan (Elapidae: Oxyuranus) from central Australia. Zootaxa 1422: 45-58. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4BMPQ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.