Central Ranges taipan References Central Ranges taipan snake Ask Anything Homework Help Also known as: Oxyuranus temporalis, western desert taipan Written by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them. The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica Britannica AI Ask Anything Learn about this topic in these articles: taipanA third species, the Central Ranges or western desert taipan (O. temporalis), was discovered in the central mountain ranges of Western Australia in 2006; its life history and habits await more detailed study. Read MoreA third species, the Central Ranges or western desert taipan (O. temporalis), was discovered in the central mountain ranges of Western Australia in 2006; its life history and habits await more detailed study. Read More