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 21
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... females larger than males , eight species ( 28 per cent ) have males larger than females and in two species ( 7 per cent ) both sexes are approximately the same size ( Table 3.1 ) . The three species of laticaudids for which data are ...
... females larger than males , eight species ( 28 per cent ) have males larger than females and in two species ( 7 per cent ) both sexes are approximately the same size ( Table 3.1 ) . The three species of laticaudids for which data are ...
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... females in the population , with 1 : 1 indicating an equal number of males and females . The observed sex ratio of sea snakes varies from locality to locality and at a given place from one occasion to another . Cliff Leman and Harold ...
... females in the population , with 1 : 1 indicating an equal number of males and females . The observed sex ratio of sea snakes varies from locality to locality and at a given place from one occasion to another . Cliff Leman and Harold ...
Sivu 60
... females . Large females tend not only to produce a greater number of eggs in the oviducts but those eggs , and the embryos resulting from them , are larger than is true of smaller females . In some other species of sea snakes , the eggs ...
... females . Large females tend not only to produce a greater number of eggs in the oviducts but those eggs , and the embryos resulting from them , are larger than is true of smaller females . In some other species of sea snakes , the eggs ...
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PREFACE | 1 |
The Kinds of Sea Snakes 5 Origin and Evolution of Sea Snakes | 8 |
Regional Distributions | 18 |
Tekijänoikeudet | |
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