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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... predators . Freshwater and estuarine races of Nerodia differ in their drinking of salty water and David Zug and William Dunson set out to ascertain the sensory organs used to detect salinity . They eliminated involve- ment of the tongue ...
... predators . Freshwater and estuarine races of Nerodia differ in their drinking of salty water and David Zug and William Dunson set out to ascertain the sensory organs used to detect salinity . They eliminated involve- ment of the tongue ...
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... predators , yet they have their enemies . This chapter introduces those enemies . PREDATORS Venomous animals such as hydrophiids and laticaudids might be expected to have few enemies . Indeed some species of sea snakes are avoided by ...
... predators , yet they have their enemies . This chapter introduces those enemies . PREDATORS Venomous animals such as hydrophiids and laticaudids might be expected to have few enemies . Indeed some species of sea snakes are avoided by ...
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... predators such as moray eels , groupers , sweetlips and other fish , as well as saltwater crocodiles , have been reported eating hydrophiids . Predators upon marine snakes are not limited to vertebrates . Crabs may be an important predator ...
... predators such as moray eels , groupers , sweetlips and other fish , as well as saltwater crocodiles , have been reported eating hydrophiids . Predators upon marine snakes are not limited to vertebrates . Crabs may be an important predator ...
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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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