Daboia siamensis

Daboia siamensis
	Specimen from Thailand
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Viperidae
Genus:	Daboia
Species:	D. siamensis
Binomial name
	Daboia siamensis; (M.A. Smith, 1917)
Synonyms
	Vipera siamensis ; M.A. Smith, 1917; Coluber russelli siamensis ; — Ōshima, 1920; Vipera russelli limitis ; Mertens, 1927; Vipera russelli formosensis ; — Maki, 1931; Vipera russelii sublimitis ; Kopstein, 1936; Vipera russelii formosensis ; — Klemmer, 1963; Vipera russelii limitis ; — Klemmer, 1963; Vipera russelii siamensis ; — Klemmer, 1963; Viper russelli siamensis ; — Sakuragawa, 1979; Daboia (Daboia) russelli limitis ; — Obst, 1983; Daboia (Daboia) russelli siamensis ; — Obst, 1983; Vipera russelli siamensis ; — Nakada, Nakada, Ito & ; Inoue, 1984; Vipera russelli burmanus ; Muang Muang Aye In Gopalakrishnakone & Tan, 1987; Daboia russelli siamensis ; — Golay et al., 1993;

Daboia siamensis (Common name: eastern Russell's viper,^[4] Siamese Russell's viper,^[5] more) is a venomous viper species, which is endemic to parts of Southeast Asia, southern China and Taiwan.^[2]^[3] It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of Daboia russelii (as Daboia russelli siamensis), but was elevated to species status in 2007.^[2]

Description

Dorsally, the color pattern is the same as that of D. russelii, except that the color is more grayish or olive, with small spots between the large spot rows. The venter is suffused with gray posteriorly.^[6]

Common names

Common names for D. siamensis include eastern Russell's viper and^[4] Siamese Russell's viper.

Previously, other common names were used to describe subspecies that are now part of the synonymy of this species: Indonesian Russell's viper for "limitis", and Formosan Russell's viper for "formosensis".^[5]

Geographic range

Daboia siamensis is found in Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, China(Guangxi Guangdong), parts of India, Taiwan, Nepal and Indonesia (Endeh, Flores, east Java, Komodo, Lomblen Islands).^[3]

Brown (1973) mentions that D. siamensis can also found in Vietnam, Laos and on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.^[7] Ditmars (1937) reportedly received a specimen from Sumatra as well.^[8] However, its distribution in the Indonesian archipelago is still being elucidated.^[9]

Antivenom

As of 2016, antivenoms for Daboia siamensis were produced in India, Myanmar and Thailand.^[4]

Daboia siamensis in its habitat, in Thailand

References

^ Wogan, G. (2012). "Daboia siamensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T201501A2707729. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T201501A2707729.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Daboia siamensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. ISBN 1-893777-00-6.
^ ^a ^b ^c Daboia russelii siamensis at Munich AntiVenom INdex (MAVIN). Accessed 23 October 2006.
^ ^a ^b Mehrtens JM (1987). Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
^ Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G (2003). True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.
^ Brown JH (1973). Toxicology and Pharmacology of Venoms from Poisonous Snakes. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. 184 pp. LCCCN 73-229. ISBN 0-398-02808-7.
^ Ditmars RL (1933). Reptiles of the World. Revised Edition. New York: The MacMillan Company. 329 pp. + 89 plates.
^ Belt P, Warrell DA, Malhotra A, Wüster W, Thorpe RS (1997). "Russell's viper in Indonesia: snakebite and systematics". pp. 219-230. In: Thorpe RS, Wüster W, Malhotra A (Editors) (1997). Venomous Snakes: Ecology, Evolution and Snakebite. Symposia of the Zoological Society of London, No. 70. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 296 pp. ISBN 978-0198549864.

External links

Daboia russelii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 August 2007.
Russell's Viper (on the island of Komodo) at Globaljuggler. Accessed 20 October 2006.
Daboia siamensis - Siamese Russells Viper in Thailand Information

[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] Wogan, G. (2012). "Daboia siamensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T201501A2707729. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T201501A2707729.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[RDB-2] Daboia siamensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 February 2015.

[McD99-3] McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. ISBN 1-893777-00-6.

[MAV-E-4] Daboia russelii siamensis at Munich AntiVenom INdex (MAVIN). Accessed 23 October 2006.

[Meh87-5] Mehrtens JM (1987). Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.

[Mal03-6] Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G (2003). True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. ISBN 0-89464-877-2.

[Bro73-7] Brown JH (1973). Toxicology and Pharmacology of Venoms from Poisonous Snakes. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. 184 pp. LCCCN 73-229. ISBN 0-398-02808-7.

[Dit33-8] Ditmars RL (1933). Reptiles of the World. Revised Edition. New York: The MacMillan Company. 329 pp. + 89 plates.

[Bel97-9] Belt P, Warrell DA, Malhotra A, Wüster W, Thorpe RS (1997). "Russell's viper in Indonesia: snakebite and systematics". pp. 219-230. In: Thorpe RS, Wüster W, Malhotra A (Editors) (1997). Venomous Snakes: Ecology, Evolution and Snakebite. Symposia of the Zoological Society of London, No. 70. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 296 pp. ISBN 978-0198549864.

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