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SpeciesViperidae
Reptiles

🦎Russell's viper

Daboia russelii (Shaw & Nodder, 1797)

Ketjukyy eli russellinkyy (Daboia russelii, aik. Vipera russellii) on kyykäärmeiden heimoon kuuluva myrkkykäärme. Se aiheuttaa Aasiassa runsaasti kuolemantapauksia varsinkin alueilla, joilla lääkintäpalvelut ovat kaukana ja olot muutenkin alkeelliset. Sitä tavataan Intian, Sri Lankan, Burman ja Thaimaan alueella. Ketjukyy on pohjaväriltään puna- tai kastanjanruskea ja sen selkäpuolta koristavat mustat, vaaleareunaiset läiskät. Pituudeltaan ketjukyy voi olla enimmillään 175 cm pitkä. Se on yöaktiivinen ja syö pikkulintuja, sammakkoeläimiä ja liskoja. Huolimatta saaliseläinten pienestä koosta kyyn myrkky on erittäin voimakasta ja yksi purema riittää tappamaan aikuisen ihmisen. Myrkky hyydyttää veren todella nopeasti. Uhri tarvitsee nopeasti vasta-aineruiskeen pureman jälkeen.

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Daboia russelii
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
1.31 kg
Body length
1.85 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
15 years
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Everything we know about the Russell's viper

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Body mass
1.31 kgrecord 3.12 kg · ReptTraits
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Body length
1.85 mmaximum recorded
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Maximum lifespan
15 yearsrecord 15 years · ReptTraits
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Activity cycle
Nocturnal
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Venomous
Yes
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Snout–vent length
0.93 mmaximum recorded
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
1.3 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Russell's viper yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyViperidae
  5. ›genusDaboia
  6. ›speciesDaboia russelii
Full lineage
  1. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  2. infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
  3. subfamilyViperinae
  4. genusDaboia
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. superorderLepidosauria
  10. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  11. infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
  12. familyViperidae
  13. subfamilyViperinae
  14. genusDaboia
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daboja łańcuszkowa (pl), צפע הודי (he), Daboia russelii (fr), Daboia russelii (es), Daboia russelii (it), Kettenviper (de) … and 20 more languages
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