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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... coast all the way across the northern coastline and then down the east- ern coast . These species are : Acalyptophis peronii , Aipysurus duboisii , Aipysurus eydouxii , Aipysurus laevis ( illustrated in Figure 2.6 ) , Astrotia stokesii ...
... coast all the way across the northern coastline and then down the east- ern coast . These species are : Acalyptophis peronii , Aipysurus duboisii , Aipysurus eydouxii , Aipysurus laevis ( illustrated in Figure 2.6 ) , Astrotia stokesii ...
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... coast of South America may constitute present - day barriers to dispersal . Pelamis reaches the eastern coast of Africa and the western coast of the Americas but has never succeeded in rounding the capes of either continent to gain ...
... coast of South America may constitute present - day barriers to dispersal . Pelamis reaches the eastern coast of Africa and the western coast of the Americas but has never succeeded in rounding the capes of either continent to gain ...
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... Coast of Western Australia to Ashmore Reef and west into the Timor Sea duboisii eydouxii foliosquama fuscus laevis ... coast of Australia Reefs between northwestern Australia and Timor Waters of the Australian - New Guinean continental ...
... Coast of Western Australia to Ashmore Reef and west into the Timor Sea duboisii eydouxii foliosquama fuscus laevis ... coast of Australia Reefs between northwestern Australia and Timor Waters of the Australian - New Guinean continental ...
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PREFACE | 1 |
The Kinds of Sea Snakes 5 Origin and Evolution of Sea Snakes | 8 |
Regional Distributions | 18 |
Tekijänoikeudet | |
14 muita osia ei näytetty
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Yleiset termit ja lausekkeet
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