@inbook {, title = {The Animal World of Netherlands New Guinea}, year = {Submitted}, pages = {25-40, 70}, publisher = {J.B. Wolters}, organization = {J.B. Wolters}, type = {Book Section}, address = {Groningen}, abstract = {About 50 species of land snake and 17 species of sea snake; one third of the land snakes venomous; only a few dangerous to man; cases of snake bite rare; very few fatal cases recorded; death adder found in Lowlands, abundant on Biak Is.; many cases of snake bite on Numfor Is.; small-eyed snake may be dangerous; some species of Pseudechis in Southern New Guinea.}, author = {Brongersma, L. D.} }