The Coastal Taipan is Australia's longest venomous snake. The maximum length recorded was from a 3.3 metre long snake caught at Tully in the early 1960s. The average length of a Coastal Taipan is about 2 metres.
The venom of the coastal Taipan contains a potent procoagulant, and a presynaptic neurotoxin. This toxin also attacks muscles.
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