Video: The world's most venemous snake that nearly killed Australian teenager A 17-year-old boy is in serious condition in hospital in Australia after being bitten on the hand on Wednesday (September 26) by an inland taipan, one of the world's most venomous snakes. It is not yet known how the boy came across the snake that is more than 1,000 kilometres from its natural habitat. Network Ten reported that the boy took himself to Kurri Kurri hospital with the snake and has now been transferred to Newcastle's Mater Hospital. Judy Martin, a local reptile rescuer was asked to identify the snake. We were shocked. We've never seen a taipan before. They're not from this area and to have somebody bitten by an inland taipan is quite serious," said Martin. The inland taipan normally lives in south eastern South Australia, western New South Wales, and southern parts of the Northern Territory.