Sea SnakesNew South Wales University Press, 1987 - 85 sivua Sixty percent of the world's sea snakes are in Australian territorial waters - here's where they are, what they eat and who eats them, how they dive, breathe, reproduce, and function in their varying habitats. |
Kirjan sisältä
Tulokset 1 - 3 kokonaismäärästä 15
Sivu 17
... observed taking captured prey to the surface , or have been seen swallowing it there ; however on most occasions swallowing takes place on the bottom . The olive sea snake ( Aipysurus laevis ) has been observed going completely around ...
... observed taking captured prey to the surface , or have been seen swallowing it there ; however on most occasions swallowing takes place on the bottom . The olive sea snake ( Aipysurus laevis ) has been observed going completely around ...
Sivu 22
... observed striking Pelamis and knocking them from the water but have not been observed eating them . A small proportion of Pelamis bear scars on the body that resemble scratches by birds , or have pieces missing from the tail that look ...
... observed striking Pelamis and knocking them from the water but have not been observed eating them . A small proportion of Pelamis bear scars on the body that resemble scratches by birds , or have pieces missing from the tail that look ...
Sivu 25
... observed by day and known to be locally abundant . It isn't clear whether these observations reflect overall activity patterns or merely that active snakes spend different proportions of time on the surface at different times of day ...
... observed by day and known to be locally abundant . It isn't clear whether these observations reflect overall activity patterns or merely that active snakes spend different proportions of time on the surface at different times of day ...
Sisältö
THE KINDS OF SEA SNAKES | 1 |
NATURAL HISTORY OF SEA SNAKES | 12 |
ADAPTATIONS OF SEA SNAKES | 31 |
Tekijänoikeudet | |
1 muita osia ei näytetty
Muita painoksia - Näytä kaikki
Yleiset termit ja lausekkeet
Acrochordidae Acrochordus granulatus active Aipysurus eydouxii amount anaerobic respiration animals antivenom Astrotia stokesii Australian Biology body Bohr shift breathing captured carbon dioxide cent colubrids delivered diving syndrome eels eggs elapids Emydocephalus Enhydrina schistosa envenomation enzymes estuaries fang fish foraging freshwater function generalist granulated file snake habitat Haemotoxins heart rate Heatwole Heuvelmans homalopsines home ranges humans Hydrophis kidney land snakes Lapemis hardwickii Laticauda colubrina limbs mammals mangrove marine snakes membrane metabolic rate mice muscle Myotoxins natricines Nerodia neurotoxins niche nitrogen occur olive sea snake oxygen debt Pelamis platurus predators prey reefs release reproductive reptiles respiratory saccular lung salt glands sea kraits sea serpents sea snake Aipysurus sea snake bite sea snake venom sea water skin snake Aipysurus laevis snake venoms specialists species of snake submergence surface swallowing swimming symptoms teeth terrestrial tissue toxicity toxins true sea snakes venom apparatus venom gland venomous sea snakes vertebrates