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Russell's vipernounA large venomous Asian snake which has a yellow-brown body with black markings.- Daboia (or Vipera) russelli, family Viperidae.
He points out that there are basically four venomous snakes that feature in this - the cobra, the Russell's viper, the saw - scaled viper and the krait....- Until the Indian government changed its wildlife laws, Irulas made a living by catching the deadly cobra and Russell's vipers in their thousands.
- The current method of producing the treatment is to immunize horses against the venom of the cobra, common krait, saw-scaled viper and Russell's viper.
OriginEarly 20th century: named after Patrick Russell (1727–1805), Scottish physician and naturalist. |