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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... Malaysia and the Indonesian archipelago , with 24 species known from the Straits of Malacca alone . Thirty - seven species have been recorded from Australia and 36 from Indonesia / Malaysia . As one proceeds peripherally from this ...
... Malaysia and the Indonesian archipelago , with 24 species known from the Straits of Malacca alone . Thirty - seven species have been recorded from Australia and 36 from Indonesia / Malaysia . As one proceeds peripherally from this ...
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... Malaysia , Cantoria violacea from the coasts of Burma and Malaysia and Cantoria annulata from New Guinea are thoroughly marine . Several species occupy mangrove swamps , estuaries and the lower reaches of rivers . These are the dog ...
... Malaysia , Cantoria violacea from the coasts of Burma and Malaysia and Cantoria annulata from New Guinea are thoroughly marine . Several species occupy mangrove swamps , estuaries and the lower reaches of rivers . These are the dog ...
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... Malaysia suggest values of at least 3.00-3.75 bites per 1000 inhabitants of fishing villages per year . Some of these bites were harm- less in that no venom was injected ; one estimate was that 68 per cent of sea snake bites were such ...
... Malaysia suggest values of at least 3.00-3.75 bites per 1000 inhabitants of fishing villages per year . Some of these bites were harm- less in that no venom was injected ; one estimate was that 68 per cent of sea snake bites were such ...
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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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