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. |
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Sivu 58
... teeth are solid and do not have venom ducts leading to them . The fangs are hidden in a fleshy sheath ( Fig . 4.3 ) which easily flattens out of the way under the pressure of biting . The acrochordids and the natricines are non ...
... teeth are solid and do not have venom ducts leading to them . The fangs are hidden in a fleshy sheath ( Fig . 4.3 ) which easily flattens out of the way under the pressure of biting . The acrochordids and the natricines are non ...
Sivu 59
... teeth . Snakes originated from limbed reptiles and indeed in pythons tiny spurs from the side of the body remain as a relic of former hind limbs . Many present - day lizards of several families show various degrees of limblessness ...
... teeth . Snakes originated from limbed reptiles and indeed in pythons tiny spurs from the side of the body remain as a relic of former hind limbs . Many present - day lizards of several families show various degrees of limblessness ...
Sivu 60
... teeth are effective in holding the prey and compensate for the loss of ability to restrain prey by forelimbs . However , piercing recurved teeth do not have cutting or shearing edges and snakes cannot chew their food into smaller pieces ...
... teeth are effective in holding the prey and compensate for the loss of ability to restrain prey by forelimbs . However , piercing recurved teeth do not have cutting or shearing edges and snakes cannot chew their food into smaller pieces ...
Sisältö
THE KINDS OF SEA SNAKES | 1 |
NATURAL HISTORY OF SEA SNAKES | 12 |
ADAPTATIONS OF SEA SNAKES | 31 |
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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