Sea SnakesKrieger Publishing Company, 1999 - 148 sivua This text describes the varieties and distribution of sea snakes, what they eat and what eats them, how they reproduce and grow, and how they cope with excess salt and scarcity of freshwater. It also discusses how they adjust to diving at depth, and describes the nature of their venom. |
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... Acrochordus granulatus ( family Acrochordidae ) and the homalopsine Cerberus rynchops from the nineteenth century but no recent records . None of the other homa- lopsines from Pakistan are marine . INDIA T.S.N. Murthy reviewed the ...
... Acrochordus granulatus ( family Acrochordidae ) and the homalopsine Cerberus rynchops from the nineteenth century but no recent records . None of the other homa- lopsines from Pakistan are marine . INDIA T.S.N. Murthy reviewed the ...
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... Acrochordus granulatus , the only marine acrochordid , is widespread in the Australasian region . In Australia it has a broadly central northern distribution ( Figure . 2.7 ) . Australia's three species of homalopsines , Cerberus ...
... Acrochordus granulatus , the only marine acrochordid , is widespread in the Australasian region . In Australia it has a broadly central northern distribution ( Figure . 2.7 ) . Australia's three species of homalopsines , Cerberus ...
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... Acrochordus granulatus all secrete salt via the sub- lingual gland . Thus , modification of this gland as a salt excretor has occurred independently at least twice in the evolution of these marine snakes , once in the lineage leading to ...
... Acrochordus granulatus all secrete salt via the sub- lingual gland . Thus , modification of this gland as a salt excretor has occurred independently at least twice in the evolution of these marine snakes , once in the lineage leading to ...
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PREFACE | 1 |
The Kinds of Sea Snakes 5 Origin and Evolution of Sea Snakes | 8 |
Regional Distributions | 18 |
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Acalyptophis peronii Acrochordus granulatus Aipysurus duboisii Aipysurus eydouxii animals Astrotia stokesii Australia Barrier Reef Bitia hydroides blood body breathing cavum cent Cerberus rynchops clutch coast Cogger colubrid coral reefs Disteira diving eels eggs elapids Emydocephalus annulatus Enhydrina schistosa envenomation enzymes fang females Figure file snakes fish foraging Fordonia leucobalia fresh water freshwater genera Glen Burns Guinea habitat Harold Voris Heatwole homalopsines Hydrophis coggeri Hydrophis ornatus Indonesia Islands Kerilia land snakes Lapemis curtus Laticauda colubrina Laticauda semifasciata laticaudids Malaysia mangrove marine snakes metres muscle Myotoxins natricines Nerodia neurotoxins northern Australia occur olive sea snake oxygen Pelamis platurus Philippines Photograph courtesy Plate populations predators prey reptiles respiration respiratory saccular lung sea kraits sea snake Aipysurus sea snake bite sea snake venom skin snake Aipysurus laevis species of hydrophiids species of marine species of sea Sri Lanka submergence surface swallowing terrestrial snakes Thalassophina toxic toxins true sea snakes Zimmerman