{"id":251,"date":"2019-11-26T06:59:50","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T06:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jimsjungleretreat.com\/blog\/?p=251"},"modified":"2022-05-25T08:30:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T08:30:23","slug":"russells-viper-at-tumaria-reservoir-corbett-tiger-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jimsjungleretreat.com\/blog\/russells-viper-at-tumaria-reservoir-corbett-tiger-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell&#8217;s Viper at Tumaria Reservoir, Corbett Tiger Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Russell&#8217;s Viper at Tumaria Reservoir, southern periphery of Corbett Tiger Reserve<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>The <strong>Russell&#8217;s viper (<em>Daboia russelii<\/em>)<\/strong>, is a highly venomous snake found across much of South Asia, south-east Asia, southern China, and Taiwan. Characterized by a flattened, triangular head that is distinctly broader than the neck and a pattern of oval-shaped markings along its body, Russell&#8217;s Viper grows to a maximum length of 5.5 ft with most specimens being about 4 ft in average length. It occurs in open grassy and bushy areas, arid rocky areas, scrublands, and open dry forests.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-252 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jimsjungleretreat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Russell_s-Viper--300x263.jpg\" alt=\"Russells Viper\" width=\"300\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jimsjungleretreat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Russell_s-Viper--300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jimsjungleretreat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Russell_s-Viper--1024x896.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jimsjungleretreat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Russell_s-Viper--768x672.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jimsjungleretreat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Russell_s-Viper--133x116.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.jimsjungleretreat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Russell_s-Viper--150x131.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.jimsjungleretreat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Russell_s-Viper-.jpg 1485w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In Corbett Tiger Reserve, Russell&#8217;s Viper is an extremely scarce snake, found mostly along the southern boundary of the reserve. It is occasionally encountered in open areas scrubland areas around the Tumaria reservoir.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This Russell&#8217;s Viper was recently seen basking on the road, on a birding excursion to Tumaria Reservoir. It was photographed by Jim&#8217;s Jungle Retreat Chief Naturalist Manoj Sharma who gently removed the serpent to a secure location among the boulders on the slope of the bund. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russell&#8217;s Viper at Tumaria Reservoir, southern periphery of Corbett Tiger Reserve The Russell&#8217;s viper (Daboia russelii), is a highly venomous snake found across much of South Asia, south-east Asia, southern China, and Taiwan. Characterized by a flattened, triangular head that is distinctly broader than the neck and a pattern of oval-shaped markings along its body, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,62,71,76],"class_list":["post-251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jimsjungleretreat","tag-corbett-tiger-reserve","tag-jims-jungle-retreat","tag-manoj-sharma","tag-russells-viper"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jimsjungleretreat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jimsjungleretreat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jimsjungleretreat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimsjungleretreat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimsjungleretreat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimsjungleretreat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jimsjungleretreat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimsjungleretreat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jimsjungleretreat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}