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Species
Least ConcernRussell's Viper
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyViperidae
Observations1,365
Observations recorded1,585
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 180
- With media
- 9
- Family
- Viperidae
- Collections
- MVZ, UCM, CUMV, CAS, OWU, BYU
- Recorded in
- Pakistan, India, Myanmar, China
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Encyclopedic overview
Russell's viper (Daboia russelli) in a sensing moment
Russell's viper (Daboia russelii) is a species of highly venomous snake in the family Viperidae. The species is native to South Asia. It was described in 1797 by George Shaw and Frederick Polydore Nodder. It is named after Patrick Russell. Known for its extremely painful bite, it is considered one of the "Big Four" venomous snake species in the region.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Daboia russelii” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.