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95 H. Srinivasa Rao (1983): 58: vipers. Five Indian vipers are venomous and dangerous: Vipera russelli (Shaw) or Russell's viper, Echis carinatus (Schneider) or saw-scaled viper, Trimeresurus gramineus (Shaw), the green or bamboo pit viper, Agkistrodon himalayanus (Günther), the himalayan pit viper, and Hypnale hypnale Merrem, the hump-nosed pit viper. See on these vipers: J.C. Daniel (1983): 121–128; P.J. Deoras (1965): 127–131; K.G. Gharpurey (1954): 29–33, 39; A.E. Leviton (1968): 554–556, 551–553, 506, 559; T.S.N. Murthy and R.S. Pillai (1986): 241–242; S.H. Prater (1924): 162–164; F. Wall (1917): 40–43, 51–52, 54–57, 59–61, 119–122, 123. See on pit vipers in general: S.A. Minton and M.R. Minton (1969): 15–18. See on the venom of Vipera russelli: T.L. Brunton and J. Fayrer (1909): 23–28; B.N. Ghosh and D.K. Chaudhuri (1968): 593–600, on that of Trimeresurus: B.N. Ghosh and D.K. Chaudhuri (1968): 601–604, on that of Agkistrodon: B.N. Ghosh and D.K. Chaudhuri (1968): 604–605. See on the symptomatology of the bite of Vipera russelli: H.A. Reid (1968): 630, on that of Echis carinatus: the same, 628–629, on that of Trimeresurus: the same, 629–630, on that of Agkistrodon: the same, 628.