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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Tulokset 1 - 3 kokonaismäärästä 10
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... colubrids did not appear until the Oligocene , less than 40 million years ago , and the elapids , which developed from the colu- brids , are first known from the Miocene , less than 30 million years ago . Both the laticaudids and the ...
... colubrids did not appear until the Oligocene , less than 40 million years ago , and the elapids , which developed from the colu- brids , are first known from the Miocene , less than 30 million years ago . Both the laticaudids and the ...
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... colubrids are terrestrial or occupy fresh water . However , there are a few species of the subfamily Natricinae that ... colubrid subfamily Homalopsinae occurs in India , southeast- ern Asia , Indonesia , the Philippines , Papua New ...
... colubrids are terrestrial or occupy fresh water . However , there are a few species of the subfamily Natricinae that ... colubrid subfamily Homalopsinae occurs in India , southeast- ern Asia , Indonesia , the Philippines , Papua New ...
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Harold Heatwole. sg Figure 9.2 Diagram of the skull of a rear- fanged colubrid snake showing Duvernoy's gland and its ... colubrids , have a gland called Duvernoy's gland , which is different from the venom gland of hydrophiids and ...
Harold Heatwole. sg Figure 9.2 Diagram of the skull of a rear- fanged colubrid snake showing Duvernoy's gland and its ... colubrids , have a gland called Duvernoy's gland , which is different from the venom gland of hydrophiids and ...
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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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