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. |
Kirjan sisältä
Tulokset 1 - 3 kokonaismäärästä 5
Sivu 74
... lung ( T ) , the bronchial lung ( B ) and the saccular lung ( S ) . Note the constriction between the saccu- lar lung and the bronchial lung . ( Photograph by the author ) 1 Plate 25 ( left ) Scanning electron micrograph of a.
... lung ( T ) , the bronchial lung ( B ) and the saccular lung ( S ) . Note the constriction between the saccu- lar lung and the bronchial lung . ( Photograph by the author ) 1 Plate 25 ( left ) Scanning electron micrograph of a.
Sivu 80
... saccular lung is thin - walled and membraneous whereas in sea snakes it is thick - walled and contains muscles . The probable function of the more muscular saccular lung in sea snakes is the mixing of the air inside the lungs . As ...
... saccular lung is thin - walled and membraneous whereas in sea snakes it is thick - walled and contains muscles . The probable function of the more muscular saccular lung in sea snakes is the mixing of the air inside the lungs . As ...
Sivu 94
... lung to keep itself positively buoyant ( lighter than water ) . However , as it moves deeper , the hydrostatic ... saccular one , and a horizontal snake may have its greatest lift at the centre of its body . However , the lung is a ...
... lung to keep itself positively buoyant ( lighter than water ) . However , as it moves deeper , the hydrostatic ... saccular one , and a horizontal snake may have its greatest lift at the centre of its body . However , the lung is a ...
Sisältö
PREFACE | 1 |
The Kinds of Sea Snakes 5 Origin and Evolution of Sea Snakes | 8 |
Regional Distributions | 18 |
Tekijänoikeudet | |
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Yleiset termit ja lausekkeet
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