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Western Russel’s Viper

Daboia russelii

Potentially dangerous

Classification

Family
Viperidae

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.

Distribution

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