The overall enclosure of the Inland Taipan is a dry, barren area or land because of the snakes habits to live in the outback where it is usually hot and dry. The labelled image displays some of the snakes preference of a natural habitat.
Blue- Trees: The trees are suitable to help create the atmosphere of a perfect outback nature for the Inland Taipan. When necessary, the snake can rest beneath the trees when resting or waiting for prey.
Black- Small Shrubs: The patches of dry grass and small shrubs are excellent places for when the snake seeks shelter or when hiding from certain predators. they are images of these plants in the enclosure because of the atmosphere it gives to the snake representing its natural habitat in the arid deserts.
Red- Red Earth and Sand: The earth and rock in the desert have an important role in the Inland Taipan's environment, this is because the snake lives in the soil crack on the floodplains.
Yellow- Small water hole: The small waterhole in the enclosure acts as a small source of hydration. the snake can drink by the hole or can wait for other small mammals to come by. the waterhole size is relatively small because of the lack of water there is in the Inland Taipan's environment.
Eating Habits and Preferences
The Inland taipan will usually eat any small mammal roaming around and can hunt them at will, their favourite food, however, is a native rat. This is an easy meal for the snake because of its most powerful venom able to kill 200,000 rats with one bite.
Body Covering and Size
The Inland taipan can range from colours of light brown to deep dark black, but one thing that all colours of the scaly snake have in common is the bright yellow scale colour of the lower side on the snakes stomach. This snake has scales from end to end which help it slither through he sands of the outback and silently find prey. The snake appears to be able to grow just under two metres.