Extant Reptiles & Amphibians Codexery — Data & Quality

We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.

Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-06 · 5 entries checked · 1 flagged · 3 issues confirmed · 1 corrected · 2 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Inland taipan — The entry states the inland taipan was first validly described by William John Macleay in 1882, but the valid description was actually by Frederick McCoy in 1879 as Diemenia microlepidota; Macleay's 1882 description of Diemenia ferox is a junior synonym, not t

Inland taipan — The entry states that the inland taipan's venom is 'significantly more toxic than that of any sea snake that has been tested.' While the inland taipan has the highest LD50 in mice among tested snakes, some sea snakes have comparable or slightly higher toxicity

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