Daboia siamensis

Daboia siamensis
Specimen from Thailand
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
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) [2]
Synonyms [3]
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 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 (Ende, Bima-Sumbawa, 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]

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  Daboia siamensis in its habitat, in Thailand

References

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.
2. Daboia siamensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 February 2015.
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.
4. Daboia russelii siamensis at Munich AntiVenom INdex (MAVIN). Accessed 23 October 2006.
5. Mehrtens JM (1987). Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN   0-8069-6460-X.
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.
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.
8. Ditmars RL (1933). Reptiles of the World. Revised Edition. New York: The MacMillan Company. 329 pp. + 89 plates.
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.

Further reading

• Smith MA (1917). "Descriptions of New Reptiles and a New Batrachian from Siam". Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam2 (3): 221-225. (Vipera russelli siamensis, new subspecies, pp. 223–224 + photograph).
• Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Batrachia, Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. ("Vipera russelli siamensis", p. 484).

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