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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... Eels and other fish Bottom- dwelling fish ( eels , gobies ) Coral reefs and seagrass beds Eels Fish Fish 116-141 s - v 100 total 137-175 s - v 120 total 170 ( 200 ) total Turbid , deep water ; deeper Eels water between reefs 92-101 s ...
... Eels and other fish Bottom- dwelling fish ( eels , gobies ) Coral reefs and seagrass beds Eels Fish Fish 116-141 s - v 100 total 137-175 s - v 120 total 170 ( 200 ) total Turbid , deep water ; deeper Eels water between reefs 92-101 s ...
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... eels . Hydrophiids and laticaudids fall roughly into one of two feeding categories : the specialists and the ... Eels and gobies are the most common specialities ( Figure 4.3 ) . The genus Hydrophis contains several species with ...
... eels . Hydrophiids and laticaudids fall roughly into one of two feeding categories : the specialists and the ... Eels and gobies are the most common specialities ( Figure 4.3 ) . The genus Hydrophis contains several species with ...
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... eels and snakes . Two species of eels of the genus Gymnothorax that were known to be prey of sea snakes were highly resistant , whereas two species of other genera that occurred in the same geographic areas as sea snakes but in ...
... eels and snakes . Two species of eels of the genus Gymnothorax that were known to be prey of sea snakes were highly resistant , whereas two species of other genera that occurred in the same geographic areas as sea snakes but in ...
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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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