Sea Snakes of Taiwan: A Natural History of Sea Snakes

Pp. 64, 37 text-figures (full page color plates and black-and-white line-drawings).  Publisher’s original dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and on the front cover, lg 8vo.  National Science Council Special Publication no 4.  There are abundant sea-snakes in the ocean surrounding Taiwan; most of these are venomous sea-snakes.  This volume documents all species.  The work is divided into two parts.  The first part provides a general account of sea snakes while the second part provides keys, line-drawings and color photos of Taiwan sea snakes.  The text is in English with a summary in Chinese at the end. This volume is from the research collection of herpetologist Lauren E. Brown with his signature on the front endpaper.