Coastal Taipan

Coastal Taipan
タイパン
Character Data
AKA		Taipan
Romaji		Taipan
Debut		Kemono Friends (2015 Game)
Animal Data
Scientific Name		Oxyuranus scutellatus
Distribution		Australia, New Guinea
Diet		Carnivore
Avg. Lifespan		?
Read More		Coastal taipan
Conservation

Coastal Taipan

KF3

Nexon Game

The Coastal Taipan is a type of snake Friend that first appeared in the original Kemono Friends mobile game.

Appearance

Old Design

Coastal Taipan has orange red eyes, with long light brown hair with the ends projecting outwards, giving her a sinister aspect, and the bangs in front of her face fade to yellow towards the tip. She wears a half-opened hoodie vest with a scale pattern that is sandy and bronze in color, being paler on the front, with the hood having two glowing orange circles that resembles the eyes of a snake, and the blue laces of her hoodie resembling the tongue. Underneath the hoodie, she wears a white long-sleeved shirt with a light orange tie. She has a very long animal tail that follows the same pattern as her hoodie. She wears a light orange mini skirt, camel colored leggings, and bronze ankle strap shoes with a small bow tie.

New Design

Her main color is now reddish instead of orange-brown, and her eyes are now dark red. Her skin is slightly darker. Her hair is changed to a pale pink color, the sides of her hair are long and reach to her arms, her tie is now dark brown, and her hoodie now has sleeves, and they are very long. The tongue laces on her hoodie are now magenta. Her socks are gone and her shoes are now black and have more straps and pink bows. She doesn’t have a visible skirt anymore.

Series Appearances

Appearances In Kemono Friends Media

Media		Role
2015	Nexon Game	↪ Minor character, playable
2019	Kemono Friends 3	↪ Minor character, playable

In Real Life

A coastal taipan in Cape York, Australia.

Coastal taipans are a species of elapid snake that live in northern and eastern Australia, with a subspecies that occurs in New Guinea. The coastal taipan sports a robust build, with an average body length of 2.0 m (6.6 ft) allowing it to contend with species such as the inland taipan and eastern brown snake for the title of Australia's largest venomous snake. Its scales can vary between yellow, brown and black in color, becoming darker-toned in winter. Their pale face and snout, rectangular-shaped head and slender neck, and large eyes help to distinguish them from other similar snake species in the region. Typically preferring humid habitats, coastal taipans are found in wet and dry forests and woodlands alike, as well as grassy areas rich in the types of shelter they desire: tall vegetation, abandoned animal burrows, and caves are all ideal nighttime shelters for the coastal taipan.

While typically a diurnal hunter, the coastal taipan may switch to a nocturnal rhythm during periods of hot weather. They feed on small warm-blooded animals such as rodents, bandicoots and birds, hunting their prey using their well-developed eyesight and sometimes invading their underground burrows. They usually bite their prey multiple times in rapid succession before quickly disengaging, minimizing the chances of injury from the struggling prey; it is not an issue that its target is able to escape, for the taipan proceeds to follow the scent trail of the envenomed animal.

The venom of the coastal taipans is among the world's most lethal, earning it a place among the ranks of Australia's most dangerous snakes; it is estimated that it takes only 3 mg of coastal taipan venom to kill an adult human. While they like many snakes prefer to avoid engaging with larger animals, slipping away quietly as long as they are not bothered, they are quick to rile and will attack larger animals such as humans if they detect movement while they feel cornered or otherwise threatened. With their approximately 12 mm long fangs, their bite is sometimes able to pierce through protective layers of clothing.

Trivia

• The origin of the name of this species is uncertain. One of them being “dhayban” in the Wik-Mungkan language of the people of Cape York, another language in the York Peninsula giving them the name "gugu-thaypan", and a third one being "taipan" of Chinese or Malasyian origin.

References

https://australianmuseum.net.au/coastal-taipan

http://www.photomazza.com/?Oxyuranus-scutellatus

http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/Find+out+about/Animals+of+Queensland/Reptiles/Snakes/Common+and+dangerous+species/Coastal+Taipan