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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... colubrina ) , making a total of ten marine species . There are no homalopsines or acrochordids . VANUATU Sea kraits are very abundant in Vanuatu , including Laticauda colubrina and L. laticaudata . A third laticaudid species whose ...
... colubrina ) , making a total of ten marine species . There are no homalopsines or acrochordids . VANUATU Sea kraits are very abundant in Vanuatu , including Laticauda colubrina and L. laticaudata . A third laticaudid species whose ...
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... Laticauda colubrina , eats only the eel , while the other , Laticauda crockeri , eats only the gudgeon . Both species of fish are sedentary . Clearly , this is a case of preference for one food type over another . The diet of Laticauda ...
... Laticauda colubrina , eats only the eel , while the other , Laticauda crockeri , eats only the gudgeon . Both species of fish are sedentary . Clearly , this is a case of preference for one food type over another . The diet of Laticauda ...
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... Laticauda colubrina were estimated by Hubert Saint Girons to be 4.9 / m2 for one small island in New Caledonia and ... Laticauda in these studies represent concentrations at resting sites ; Laticauda colubrina ranges over a much wider ...
... Laticauda colubrina were estimated by Hubert Saint Girons to be 4.9 / m2 for one small island in New Caledonia and ... Laticauda in these studies represent concentrations at resting sites ; Laticauda colubrina ranges over a much wider ...
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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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Yleiset termit ja lausekkeet
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