The shape of the fine-scaled Taipan snake is smaller than that of the ordinary Taipan snake, and the adult snake is only about 2 meters (6.5 feet), and the fine-scaled Taipan snake is only about 2 meters (6.5 feet). The head is flat, slightly pointed, and the eyes are relatively large. Thin-scaled taipans have gray to tan scales that are sometimes bordered with thin black borders. The trunk is brown or olive green, the abdomen is yellow-white, and the head is black or with black markings, and the fangs are 7.0-13.0 mm long, which are highly toxic.

The thin-scaled Taipan snake inhabits inaccessible places such as dry plains, grasslands, deserts and dry riverbeds. They often live in rat burrows, deep ground cracks or hollows, and sometimes in rock crevices and wall holes, and mainly eat some small mammals such as mice.