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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Chordata > Vertebrates > Reptiles > Snakes > Alethinophidia > Viperidae > Viperinae > Daboia
... > Eukaryota > Animals > Animal Population Groups > Animals, Poisonous > Venomous Snakes > Viperidae > Viperinae > Daboia
... > Eukaryota > Animals > Chordata > Vertebrates > Reptiles > Snakes > Venomous Snakes > Viperidae > Viperinae > Daboia

Preferred term

Daboia  

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Entry terms

  • Daboia russelii
  • Daboia russelii limitis
  • Daboia russelii pulchella
  • Daboia russelii russelii

Note

  • a genus of vipers; its venom: coord IM with VIPER VENOMS (IM)

Scope note

  • A genus of snakes of the family VIPERIDAE. It is distributed in West Pakistan, most of India, Burma, Ceylon, Thailand, southeast China, Taiwan, and a few islands of Indonesia. It hisses loudly when disturbed and strikes with great force and speed. Very prolific, it gives birth to 20-60 young. DABOIA is the leading cause of snakebite in India and Burma. (Moore: Poisonous Snakes of the World, 1980, p127)

History note

  • 2024(1994)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017840

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