page_title: Russell's viper
hierarchical_section_title: Russell's viper
caption_attribution_description: English: Russell's Viper (Daboia russelli) in a sensing moment
context_page_description: Russell's viper is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae native to the Indian subcontinent. It was described in 1797 by George Shaw and Frederick Polydore Nodder, and named in honour of Patrick Russell who wrote of it in his 1796 work An account of Indian serpents, collected on the coast of Coromandel.
context_section_description: Russell's viper (Daboia russelii) is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae native to the Indian subcontinent. It was described in 1797 by George Shaw and Frederick Polydore Nodder, and named in honour of Patrick Russell who wrote of it in his 1796 work An account of Indian serpents, collected on the coast of Coromandel.
caption: Russell's viper (Daboia russelli) in a sensing moment
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