Organisms

Daboia

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)

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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)

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  • Coluber russelii
  • Daboia pulchella
  • Daboia russeli limitis
  • Daboia russelii
  • Daboia russelii limitis
  • Daboia russelii pulchella
  • Daboia russelii russelii
  • Daboia russelli limitis
  • Daboia russelli russelli
  • Daboia russellii
  • Daboia russellii limitis
  • Daboia russellii pulchella
  • Daboia russellii russellii
  • Russell's Viper
  • Vipera russelii
  • Vipera russelli
  • Vipera russelli russelli
  • Vipera russellii
  • Russell Viper
  • Russells Viper
  • Viper, Russell's

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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, embryology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, injuries, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, surgery, urine, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

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

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History Note

2024(1994)

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  • Snakes (1966-1993)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Daboia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017840. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017840
  2. Daboia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daboia
  3. Daboia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3011594