Nikolsky's viper

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Nikolsky's viper

Etymology

Named after Alexander Nikolsky (1858–1942), Russian herpetologist.

Noun

Nikolsky's viper (plural Nikolsky's vipers)

  1. A venomous viper, Vipera nikolskii, endemic to Ukraine, eastern Romania, and southwestern Russia.
    Synonym: Nikolsky's adder
    • 2022 June 10, Oliveira, A.L., Viegas, M.F., da Silva, S.L. et al., “The chemistry of snake venom and its medicinal potential”, in Nature Reviews Chemistry, volume 6, →DOI, page 463:
      The PLA2s were purified from the venoms of the banded krait (Bungarus fasciatus), the steppe viper (Vipera renardi) and the Nikolsky’s viper (Vipera nikolskii). The most active was the heterodimeric PLA2 HDP-2 from the Nikolsky’s viper, which exhibited nanomolar virucidal activity.