Russell's viper

Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

Related to Russell's viper: king cobra, black mamba

viper

[vi´per]

1. any snake of the viperid and crotalid families (the true vipers and the pit vipers).

2. a term sometimes used to refer to any venomous snake.

Old World viper true viper.

pit viper any of a family of venomous snakes found in North America including the many types of rattlesnakes (genera Crotalus and Sistrurus), as well as the copperheads and water moccasins (both of genus Agkistrodon).

Russell's viper Vipera russellii, a true viper of Southeast Asia whose venom (Russell's viper venom) is used in blood tests.

true viper any of a large family of venomous snakes found in Africa, parts of Europe, Asia, and adjacent islands, but not in the Americas or Australia; it includes cobras and adders, among others. Called also Old World viper, viperid, and viperine.

Russell's viper

(rŭs′əlz)

A venomous snake (Daboia russelii) of South and Southeast Asia, characterized by large black-ringed spots on yellow, tan, or light brown skin.

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

The photographer later realised the snake was a deadly Russell's Viper

Jaw-dropping pictures show mighty crocodile and deadly snake in dramatic fight to the death; The deadly animals could be seen thrashing around in the river during an intense battle in Sri Lanka

All the cases received ASV within the window period of 6 hours and some cases of Russell's viper bites developed renal failure with two cases of mortality.

A STUDY ON POISONOUS SNAKEBITES FROM NORTHERN KERALA

de Silva, "Lack of myocardial damage following Sri Lankan Russell's viper and hump-nosed viper bites.," The Ceylon Medical Journal, vol.

Mechanisms Involving Myocardial Injury in Tropical Stings and Bites

It was a dangerous operation as the Russell's viper is highly venomous, requiring our team to take precautionary measures to ensure the safety of bystanders as well as of the snake.

Rare Viper sighted in New Delhi, rescued by Wildlife SOS

Russell's viper venom was obtained from in-house snake farm of Haffkine Bio-Pharmaceutical Corporation Ltd., Pune, India and was preserved at 4[degrees]C.

Production of high titre antibody response against Russell's viper venom in mice immunized with ethanolic extract of fruits of Piper longum L. (Piperaceae) and piperine

The venom of the Russell's viper, like that of many snakes, is a complex combination of a variety of components that can either encourage or block blood coagulation.

How One Snake's Venom Turns Your Blood To Jell-O And Reverses Puberty

Sequence of complete cytochrome b from Russell's viper (Daboia russelii) was included among the cytochrome sequences studied for myriad of Colubroidea (Lawson et al., 2005).

PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF MEDICALLY IMPORTANT VIPERS OF PAKISTAN INFERRED FROM CYTOCHROME B SEQUENCES

I thought it was the Russell's viper. I heard someone in the background shout "It's a python!" Python?

Snake hunting in Mysore, India

ABBREVIATIONS: APL = antiphospholipid antibodies; APS = antiphospholipid syndrome; APTT = activated partial thromboplastin time; [[beta].sub.2]-GPI = [beta.sub.2]-glycoprotein I; dRVVT = dilute Russell's viper venom time; ELISA = enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; Ig = immunoglobulin; KCT = kaolin clotting time; LA = lupus anticoagulant.

Antiphospholipid syndrome: an overview

He begins by visiting Sri Lanka, home of the Russell's viper,an aggressive snake which injures 30,000 people a year and kills hundreds of others with its deadly venom.

TODAY'S TV CHOICES

"The one with the most insidious effect is the Burmese Russell's Viper," Bryan says.

Mirror Works: JOB FOCUS: One bite and I die; Bryan Fry talks about the perils of his work as a snake wrangler