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 31
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... reefs , Eels mangroves , the sea 80-96 s - v Coral islands , coral reefs , Fish mangroves , the sea HYDROPHIIDAE Acalyptophis peronii Aipysurus apraefrontalis ( 100 ) total Sandy areas on coral reefs Gobies 50 total Reef flat , reef ...
... reefs , Eels mangroves , the sea 80-96 s - v Coral islands , coral reefs , Fish mangroves , the sea HYDROPHIIDAE Acalyptophis peronii Aipysurus apraefrontalis ( 100 ) total Sandy areas on coral reefs Gobies 50 total Reef flat , reef ...
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... reefs ; turbid Fish inshore waters and estuaries Eurytopic ; coral reefs to turbid estuaries Coastal and estuarine Generalised fish eater Pelamis platurus 56-66 s - v Thalassophina viperina 74-83 s - v Thalassophis anomalus 67-72 s - v ...
... reefs ; turbid Fish inshore waters and estuaries Eurytopic ; coral reefs to turbid estuaries Coastal and estuarine Generalised fish eater Pelamis platurus 56-66 s - v Thalassophina viperina 74-83 s - v Thalassophis anomalus 67-72 s - v ...
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... reef at Swain Reefs , Great Barrier Reef , Australia . This species is one of the most common species of sea snake on the Great Barrier Reef . It is restricted to coral reefs . It feeds on a wide variety of fish and even some ...
... reef at Swain Reefs , Great Barrier Reef , Australia . This species is one of the most common species of sea snake on the Great Barrier Reef . It is restricted to coral reefs . It feeds on a wide variety of fish and even some ...
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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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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