Comprehensive study, covering some 13 countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
Sea snake bites in the Asia-Pacific region; the venom apparatus of sea snakes; molecular biology of sea-snake toxins - cloning, expression of cDNAs and analysis of gene organization; a review of contemporary sea snake toxinology - chemistry, pharmacology, immunology and clinico-pathological aspects; sea snakes of Australia; sea snakes of Japan; sea snakes of Fiji and Niue; and account of the sea snakes (serpentes - hyrdrophilidae) of Sri Lanka.