Scientific name
Daboia russelii (Shaw & Nodder, 1797)
Alternate names
New Guinea bockadam, South Asian bockadam, Bockadam snake
Order
Squamata
Family
Viperidae
IUCN Read List Category
Least Concern
Distinguishing Morphological Features
No sensory pit between nostril and eye; head very distinct
from neck, above covered by small, keeled, imbricate scales. Color above light
brown with 3 longitudinal series of large black-margined brown spots
or blotches, the vertebral series often merging to form a chain-like
longitudinal stripe, yellowish white below occasionally with dark
brown markings.
Biology
Ovoviviparous. Produces 5-50 live offsprings in one clutch.
Total length up to 1600 mm.
Locality
Not available
Distribution
Pakistan, India (Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab
Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar
Pradesh, Bihar, Northern Bengal, Telangana), Nepal, Sri Lanka
(elevation up to 1500 m), Bangladesh, Bhutan
