Sea SnakesSixty percent of the world's sea snakes are in Australian territorial waters - here's where they are, what they eat and who eats them, how they dive, breathe, reproduce, and function in their varying habitats. |
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THE KINDS OF SEA SNAKES | 1 |
NATURAL HISTORY OF SEA SNAKES | 12 |
ADAPTATIONS OF SEA SNAKES | 31 |
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Acrochordidae Acrochordus granulatus active Aipysurus eydouxii amount anaerobic respiration animals antivenom Astrotia stokesii Australian Biology body Bohr shift breathing captured carbon dioxide cent colubrids delivered diving syndrome eels eggs elapids Emydocephalus Enhydrina schistosa envenomation enzymes estuaries fang fish foraging freshwater function generalist granulated file snake habitat Haemotoxins heart rate Heatwole Heuvelmans homalopsines home ranges humans Hydrophis kidney land snakes Lapemis hardwickii Laticauda colubrina limbs mammals mangrove marine snakes membrane metabolic rate mice muscle Myotoxins natricines Nerodia neurotoxins niche nitrogen occur olive sea snake oxygen debt Pelamis platurus predators prey reefs release reproductive reptiles respiratory saccular lung salt glands sea kraits sea serpents sea snake Aipysurus sea snake bite sea snake venom sea water skin snake Aipysurus laevis snake venoms specialists species of snake submergence surface swallowing swimming symptoms teeth terrestrial tissue toxicity toxins true sea snakes venom apparatus venom gland venomous sea snakes vertebrates