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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... sea kraits and the other to the remaining venomous sea snakes ( true sea snakes ) . The former were placed in the subfamily Laticaudinae and the latter in the subfamily Hydrophiinae ; to show their supposed common origin , both ...
... sea kraits and the other to the remaining venomous sea snakes ( true sea snakes ) . The former were placed in the subfamily Laticaudinae and the latter in the subfamily Hydrophiinae ; to show their supposed common origin , both ...
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... sea snakes are not as salty as sea water and so if the skin were a membrane such as described above , one would expect that water would move from the snake outward into sea water , dehydrating the animal and killing it . On the other ...
... sea snakes are not as salty as sea water and so if the skin were a membrane such as described above , one would expect that water would move from the snake outward into sea water , dehydrating the animal and killing it . On the other ...
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... , Heatwole's first love is reptiles . Sea Snakes is his eighth book , and he has authored 285 technical articles in scientific journals . He is a fellow of the Explorer's Club . ISBN 1-57524-11b - 1 9 781575 241166 90000. SEA SNAKES.
... , Heatwole's first love is reptiles . Sea Snakes is his eighth book , and he has authored 285 technical articles in scientific journals . He is a fellow of the Explorer's Club . ISBN 1-57524-11b - 1 9 781575 241166 90000. SEA SNAKES.
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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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