Patrick Russell (herpetologist)

Patrick Russell in 1794, by William Daniell

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]

  1. ^ Edinburgh parish register 685/1 170 267.
  2. ^ Desmond, Ray: Dictionary Of British And Irish Botantists And Horticulturalists. Taylor & Francis, 1994, ISBN 0-85066-843-3, p. 2605.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Russell, P.", pp. 229-230).