Daboia

Daboia russelii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Viperoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Viperoidea

Familia: Viperidae
Subfamilia: Viperinae
Genus: Daboia
Species (4): D. mauritanica – D. palaestinae – D. russelii – D. siamensis

Name

Daboia Gray, 1842: 69

• Type species: Daboia elegans Gray, 1842, by subsequent designation.

Synonyms

• Chersophis Fitzinger, 1843: 28
  • Type species: Vipera elegans Daudin, 1803, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1842. Monographic synopsis of the vipers, or the family Viperidae. pp. 68–71 in Gray, J.E.. The Zoological Miscellany. E.J. Stirling: London. BHL
• Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus. Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel: Wien. vi + 106 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Lenk, P., Kalyabina, S., Wink, M. & Joger, U. 2001. Evolutionary relationships among the true vipers (Viperinae) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 19(1): 94–104. DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2001.0912 Reference page. 
• Garrigues, T., Dauga, C., Ferquel, E., Choumet, V. & Failloux, A.–B. 2005. Molecular phylogeny of Vipera Laurenti, 1768 and the related genera Macrovipera (Reuss, 1927) and Daboia (Gray, 1842), with comments about neurotoxic Vipera aspis aspis populations. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35(1): 35–47. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.11.004 Reference page. 
• Thorpe, R.S., Pook, C.E. & Malhotra, A. 2007. Phylogeography of the Russell’s viper (Daboia russelii) complex in relation to variation in the colour pattern and symptoms of envenoming. The Herpetological Journal 17(4): 209–218. PDF Reference page. 
• Stümpel, N. & Joger, U. 2009. Recent advances in phylogeny and taxonomy of Near and Middle Eastern Vipers – an update. ZooKeys 31: 179–191. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.31.261 Reference page. 
• Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page. 
• Boundy, J. 2021. Snakes of the World: A Supplement. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 273 pp. ISBN 9781138618138 ebook Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Daboia . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 May 2022.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Orientalische Ottern
English: Daboias
தமிழ்: கண்ணாடி விரியன்
ไทย: งูแมวเซา

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