Russell's viper

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Etymology

Named in honour of Patrick Russell (1726–1805), Scottish herpetologist who first described many of India's snakes.

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Russell's viper (plural Russell's vipers)

  1. The venomous viper Daboia russelii. [from 19th c.]
    Synonyms: chain viper, polonga
    • 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 164:
      Some weeks before, one of the masters at the College, an unpopular Parsee, had found a Russell's viper nosing round his classroom.

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