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Russell's viper

Daboia russelii
Davart il num: It is named after Patrick Russell, a naturalist who described the snake in 1796. The genus name is thought to come from the Hindi word daboyā, meaning "that lies hid" or "the lurker".1
MortalIn dals animals ils pli mortals da la Terra. Sch'el ta morda, clama immediat agid.Agid svelt ed antiserum salvan las bleras persunas. Clama immediat tes numer d'urgenza.
Vipras MorsasMangia: Charn
Privel per umans: MortalIn dals animals ils pli privlus dal mund.

Russell's viper is a highly venomous snake of South Asia. It is one of the "Big Four" venomous snakes of the region, known for a bite that is extremely painful. It often lives close to people because it hunts the rodents found in farms and villages.1

Viva en
India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan, in South Asia1
Asia
Pagina iniziala
It lives in open grassy or bushy areas, scrub jungle, forest plantations and farmland, mostly on plains, coastal lowlands and hills. It is often found in urbanised areas and villages, where rodents are common, so people working outside in these areas are most at risk of being bitten.1
Lunghezza
1,7 m (5,4 ft)1
Sveltezza maximala
circa 3,9 km/h (2,4 mph)
Sin terra, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
It feeds mainly on rodents. It also eats small reptiles, land crabs, scorpions and other arthropods. Young snakes hunt lizards at dusk, and they become rodent specialists as they grow.1
Propi!Foto da Russell's viper
Russell's viper. Foto: AChawla. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Co renconuscher el

  • A deep yellow, tan or brown body with three rows of dark brown spots running along its length1
  • Each dark spot has a black ring with a white or yellow rim around it1
  • A pair of dark patches on the temples, and a pinkish, salmon or brownish V or X marking on the head1
  • A flattened, triangular head that is clearly separate from the neck1
  • A stout, rounded body with a short tail, about 14% of total length1

Savens confundì cun: The rough-scaled sand boa, Eryx conicus, often has a colour pattern similar to Russell's viper. It is completely harmless, so care is still needed with any snake that looks like this.1

Forza dal tissi

Morsas

Il tissi vegn or tras ses dents da tissi u ses dents, cura ch'el morda.

Tge fa ses tissi?

Its fangs are long and hollow, and it produces a large amount of venom, with adults yielding about 130 to 250 mg in some reports. Bite symptoms begin with severe pain and swelling, followed by bleeding from the gums and in the urine, a drop in blood pressure and a slower heart rate. Blistering can spread along the limb, and kidney failure occurs in about 25 to 30 percent of untreated bites.1

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: MortalIn dals animals ils pli privlus dal mund.

It is known for an extremely painful bite and is one of the "Big Four" venomous snakes of the region. The lethal dose for most humans is about 40 to 70 mg, which is within the amount one bite can deliver. Death can follow 1 to 14 days after the bite, or sometimes later, from infection, kidney failure, breathing failure or heart failure. In one study of people who survived bites, 29% suffered severe damage to the pituitary gland, which later caused hypopituitarism.1

Bunas novitads: ils medis han in medicament (antiserum) u in tractament per quai.1

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

When threatened, it forms a series of S-shaped loops, raises the front third of its body and hisses loudly.1

Sch'el morda

  • Early medical treatment and early access to antivenom can prevent severe complications and greatly reduce the chance of a fatal outcome. Seek medical care as soon as possible after any bite.1
  • Tegna la persuna immobila e quieta, tegna il member mors a l'autezza dal cor, prenda giu anels e chaussas strenschidas e va spert en in ospital.

Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid

Resta en segirezza

  • Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
  • Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
  • Sch'in tal animal ta morda: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Russell's viper circa 1,7 m lung (5,4 ft)In chaun circa 1 m (3,3 ft)In creschì circa 1,7 m (5,6 ft)
uschè lung sco 3 giats da chasa dal nas fin a la cuauschè lung sco 9 bananas ina suenter l'autrapudess currer 100 meters en 92 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)

Quant grond è Russell's viper cumpareglià cun TAI?

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Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

1

When it strikes, it can exert so much force that large individuals lift off the ground.1

2

Its hiss is said to be louder than that of any other snake.1

3

Adults are usually slow and sluggish and rarely attack unless provoked, but they can strike very quickly.1

4

A harmless sand boa has evolved a colour pattern that looks like this viper, which may help it avoid predators.1

5

The mother can take nearly 4.5 hours to give birth, as one recorded birth of 11 young shows.1

Destructur da mits

Mit: Russell's vipers chase people and bite them.

Vardad: They usually do not attack unless provoked. Their threat display of S-shaped loops and hissing has led to the belief that they chase people, but they are strong and may react violently if picked up.1

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Daboia russelii
Gruppa
Vipras
Famiglia
Viperidae2
Urden
Squamata
Continents
Asia
Poppins
It gives birth to live young (ovoviviparous). Litters of 20 to 40 are common, though a litter may be as small as one, and the reported maximum is 75.1
Privel per umans
5 / 5: Mortal3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Russell's viper (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Daboia russelii (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
  3. Venom Wiki: il stgalim da privel, la grondezza tipica e la stima da la sveltezza èn noss agens. Guarda co che nus als calculain: Co che nus valitain il privel.

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