Marine Snakes Research Articles

Salt gland secretion in the pelagic sea snake Pelamis.

ARTICLESSalt gland secretion in the pelagic sea snake PelamisW DunsonW DunsonPublished Online:01 Dec 1968https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplegacy.1968.215.6.1512MoreSectionsPDF (1 MB)Download PDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesGet permissionsTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInEmailWeChat Previous Back to Top Download PDF FiguresReferencesRelatedInformationCited ByEcophysiological steps of marine adaptation in extant and extinct non‐avian tetrapods26 April 2021 | Biological Reviews, Vol. 96, No. 5Biocomposites and Mineralized Tissues27 October 2014Hypernatremia in Dice Snakes (Natrix tessellata) from a Coastal Population: Implications for Osmoregulation in Marine Snake Prototypes21 March 2014 | PLoS ONE, Vol. 9, No. 3Variations of natremia in sea kraits (Laticauda spp.) kept in seawater and fresh waterComparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Vol. 166, No. 2Salinity influences the distribution of marine snakes: implications for evolutionary transitions to marine life16 April 2012 | Ecography, Vol. 35, No. 11Dehydration and Drinking Responses in a Pelagic Sea Snake17 April 2012 | Integrative and Comparative Biology, Vol. 52, No. 2Activity, abundance, distribution and expression of Na+/K+-ATPase in the salt glands of Crocodylus porosus following chronic saltwater acclimationJournal of Experimental Biology, Vol. 213, No. 8Osmotic and Ionic Regulation in Reptiles5 February 2014Thirsty sea snakes forsake refuge during rainfallAustral Ecology, Vol. 33, No. 7The effects of saltwater acclimation on neurotransmitters in the lingual salt glands of the estuarine crocodile, Crocodylus porosusRegulatory Peptides, Vol. 140, No. 1-2Nitrogen metabolism and excretion in the aquatic chinese soft-shelled turtle,Pelodiscus sinensis, exposed to a progressive increase in ambient salinity1 January 2006 | Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology, Vol. 305A, No. 12Extrarenal Mechanisms in Hydromineral and Acid‐Base Regulation in Aquatic Vertebrates1 January 2011Fine Structure, Innervation, and Functional Control of Avian Salt GlandsCONTROL OF SECRETION IN REPTILIAN SALT GLANDSAdaptation to fresh water in the sea snake Hydrophis cyanocinctus: Tissue electrolytes and peripheral corticosteroidsGeneral and Comparative Endocrinology, Vol. 36, No. 4The venom and venom apparatus of the sea snake Lapemis hardwicki Gray28 June 2008 | Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 63, No. 4PHYSIOLOGYSodium balance in the green turtle,Chelonia mydas, in seawater and freshwaterJournal of Comparative Physiology ? B, Vol. 107, No. 2Sea snake skin: Permeable to water but not to sodiumJournal of Comparative Physiology ? B, Vol. 108, No. 3Osmoregulation and pituitary-adrenal function in desert reptilesGeneral and Comparative Endocrinology, Vol. 25, No. 2The Supraorbital Glands of Pygoscelid PenguinsThe relation between plasma Na concentration and salt gland Na?K ATPase content in the diamondback terrapin and the yellow-bellied sea snakeJournal of Comparative Physiology ? B, Vol. 101, No. 2Convergent evolution of sublingual salt glands in the marine file snake and the true sea snakesJournal of Comparative Physiology, Vol. 86, No. 3Studies on the control of electrolyte excretion by the nasal gland of the lizard Dipsosaurus dorsalisComparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology, Vol. 42, No. 3Excretion of urate salts by reptilesComparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology, Vol. 41, No. 3The endocrine control of water and electrolyte metabolism in desert reptilesGeneral and Comparative Endocrinology, Vol. 3Sea Snakes: An Unusual Salt Gland under the TongueScience, Vol. 173, No. 3995Water and electrolyte balance of the desert iguana, dipsosaurus dorsalis, in its natural habitatComparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Vol. 35, No. 4Some aspects of electrolyte and water balance in three estuarine reptiles, the diamondback terrapin, American and “salt water” crocodilesComparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Vol. 32, No. 2 More from this issue > Volume 215Issue 6December 1968Pages 1512-1517 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 1968 by American Physiological Societyhttps://doi.org/10.1152/ajplegacy.1968.215.6.1512PubMed5723013History Published online 1 December 1968 Published in print 1 December 1968 Metrics

Extrarenal salt excretion in sea snakes (Laticauda).

ARTICLESExtrarenal salt excretion in sea snakes (Laticauda)WA Dunson, and AM TaubWA Dunson, and AM TaubPublished Online:01 Oct 1967https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplegacy.1967.213.4.975MoreSectionsPDF (2 MB)Download PDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesGet permissionsTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInWeChat Previous Back to Top Next Download PDF FiguresReferencesRelatedInformation Cited ByEcophysiological steps of marine adaptation in extant and extinct non‐avian tetrapods26 April 2021 | Biological Reviews, Vol. 96, No. 5Salinity influences the distribution of marine snakes: implications for evolutionary transitions to marine life16 April 2012 | Ecography, Vol. 35, No. 11Perspectives on the Convergent Evolution of Tetrapod Salt Glands12 May 2012 | Integrative and Comparative Biology, Vol. 52, No. 2Hormone-dependent dissociation of blood flow and secretion rate in the lingual salt glands of the estuarine crocodile, Crocodylus porosus18 March 2010 | Journal of Comparative Physiology B, Vol. 180, No. 6Immunolocalization of Na+/K+–ATPase and Na+/K+/2Cl− cotransporter in the tubular epithelia of sea snake salt glandsComparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Vol. 154, No. 4Osmotic and Ionic Regulation in Reptiles5 February 2014Functional and morphological plasticity of crocodile ( Crocodylus porosus ) salt glandsJournal of Experimental Biology, Vol. 211, No. 9Nitrogen metabolism and excretion in the aquatic chinese soft-shelled turtle,Pelodiscus sinensis, exposed to a progressive increase in ambient salinity1 January 2006 | Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology, Vol. 305A, No. 12Septomaxilla of nonmammalian synapsids: Soft-tissue correlates and a new functional interpretation1 January 2000 | Journal of Morphology, Vol. 245, No. 1RECONSTRUCTING ANCESTRAL TRAIT VALUES USING SQUARED-CHANGE PARSIMONY: PLASMA OSMOLARITY AT THE ORIGIN OF AMNIOTESFine Structure, Innervation, and Functional Control of Avian Salt GlandsAldosterone and the control of secretion by the nasal salt gland of the north African desert lizard, Uromastix acanthinurusGeneral and Comparative Endocrinology, Vol. 54, No. 2The venom and venom apparatus of the sea snake Lapemis hardwicki Gray28 June 2008 | Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 63, No. 4PHYSIOLOGYSodium balance in the green turtle,Chelonia mydas, in seawater and freshwaterJournal of Comparative Physiology ? B, Vol. 107, No. 2Osmoregulation and pituitary-adrenal function in desert reptilesGeneral and Comparative Endocrinology, Vol. 25, No. 2Observations on extrarenal excretion by orbital glands and osmoregulation in Malaclemys terrapinComparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology, Vol. 48, No. 3The homology of cranial glands in turtles: With special reference to the nomenclature of ?salt glands?Journal of Morphology, Vol. 141, No. 2Convergent evolution of sublingual salt glands in the marine file snake and the true sea snakesJournal of Comparative Physiology, Vol. 86, No. 3The endocrine control of water and electrolyte metabolism in desert reptilesGeneral and Comparative Endocrinology, Vol. 3BIOLOGICAL ACTIONS OF STEROID HORMONES IN NONMAMMALIAN VERTEBRATESSea Snakes: An Unusual Salt Gland under the TongueScience, Vol. 173, No. 3995CHARACTERISTICS OF SALTS SECRETED BY TAMARIX APHYLLA1 November 1970 | American Journal of Botany, Vol. 57, No. 10Water and electrolyte balance of the desert iguana, dipsosaurus dorsalis, in its natural habitatComparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Vol. 35, No. 4Some aspects of electrolyte and water balance in three estuarine reptiles, the diamondback terrapin, American and “salt water” crocodilesComparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Vol. 32, No. 2 More from this issue > Volume 213Issue 4October 1967Pages 975-982 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 1967 by American Physiological Societyhttps://doi.org/10.1152/ajplegacy.1967.213.4.975PubMed6051196History Published online 1 October 1967 Published in print 1 October 1967 Metrics

Respiration and Water Loss at the Higher Temperatures in the Desert Iguana, Dipsosaurus dorsalis

Respiration and Water Loss at the Higher Temperatures in the Desert Iguana, Dipsosaurus dorsalis

Un serpent marin du genre Pterosphenus (Part sheppardi nov. sp.) dans l'Eocene superieur de l'Equateur (Amerique du Sud)

Abstract Describes a new marine snake, Pterosphenus sheppardi from upper Eocene localities of Ecuador. This species is less specialized than contemporaneous northern forms (known only from Alabama and north Africa). It is concluded that Pterosphenus cannot have derived from specialized forms of Palaeophis, such as P. typhaeus, but from an earlier form such as P. toliapicus. Differentiation into species was divergent rather than linear.

Notes on Philippine Sea Snakes of the Genus Laticauda

ONE of the most interesting families of snakes is that of the Hydrophidae, or sea snakes. On account of the remoteness of their habitat, and the difficulty of keeping them alive, these marine snakes of the tropical IndoPacific are perhaps less known to herpetologists of the United States than any other group of serpents. The senior author was especially interested in the sea snakes during his stay in the Philippines, and has collected and studied them ever since 1920. For some years the species common in Manila Bay were kept in captivity and their feeding habits observed. A small live eel placed in the tank with sea snakes was bitten, died in a minute or less, and was then swallowed. Part of the interest in snakes at the Philippine Bureau of Science was on account of the little-known marine eels to be obtained from their stomachs. But little study was needed to reveal that in many places these highly venomous reptiles occurred in rather large numbers. For several years the senior author lived opposite old Fort San Antonio de Abad, on the water front at the south end of Manila. It was a frequent occurrence for fishermen to haul a beach seine there, and usually a number of sea snakes would be in the catch. Sometimes more than a hundred would be taken at a single haul. They were usually either Lapemis hardwicki Gray, or Hydrophis inornatus (Gray), or both, though at least three other species were also taken from time to time. Under favorable circumstances sea snakes are abundant in their native habitat. Even those species that seem to be rare are really common if one goes to the right places to search for them. Such places are the rocky and usually cavernous coral limestone islets where sea snakes resort to breed. As an illustration of the actual abundance of some sea snakes as opposed to their apparent scarcity in collections, we cite the case of Laticauda semifasciata (Reinwardt). Although by no means the longest, this species is easily the largest of the East Indian species. A specimen of L. semifasciata 2 meters in length is two or three times as large as an example of Hydrophis cyanocinctus Daudin of the same length. The first Philippine record of Laticauda semifasciata was by E. H. Taylor (1922, 1928), who mentioned a specimen nearly 2 meters in length, at Silliman Institute, Dumaguete, Negros Oriental Province. This was the only specimen of this species that Taylor ever saw in the Philippines, during a decade of reptile collecting. He assumed that it was a rare snake in Philippine waters. About 1923 the senior author discovered that the Riu Kiu Island fishermen operating in the Philippines, were catching numbers of L. semifasciata and eating them. Those not eaten at once were kept alive in unglazed earthen jars until wanted for food. They obtained them at Monja Island, a reef in the entrance to Manila Bay; at the Capones, off the coast of Zambales Province; from outlying rocks in the Cuyo Islands, and off the Palawan coast; and from the north coast of Bohol and elsewhere in the Visayas.