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Patrick Russell (herpetologist)
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Patrick Russell (6 February 1726,[1] Edinburgh – 2 July 1805, London)[2] was a Scottish surgeon and naturalist who worked in India. He studied the snakes of India and is considered the "Father of Indian Ophiology". Russell's viper, Daboia russelii, is named after him.[3]
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