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Daboia MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Daboia
Tree Number(s)
B01.050.050.286.875.875.875.500
B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.937.875.500
B01.050.150.900.833.672.562.875.875.500
Unique ID
D017840
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017840
Annotation
a genus of vipers; its venom: coord IM with VIPER VENOMS (IM)
Scope Note
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)
Entry Term(s)
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
Registry Numbers
txid8707
txid338883
txid97228
txid31159
Related Numbers
txid31159
txid338883
txid97228
Previous Indexing
Snakes (1966-1993)
Public MeSH Note
2024; see RUSSELL'S VIPER 1994-2023
History Note
2024(1994)
Date Established
1994/01/01
Date of Entry
1993/02/16
Revision Date
2023/07/27
Daboia Preferred
Daboia russelii limitis Narrower
Daboia russelii pulchella Narrower
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