西藏札达及米林发现噪鹃

正在开展西藏第二次陆生野生动物资源调查工作过程中,于2015年6月18日在西藏自治区札达县底雅乡底雅村(31°46′55.5″N,78°52′5.1″E,海拔2 977 m)观察并拍摄到1只雄性噪鹃(Eudynamys scolopaceus)。另一组调查人员曾于2015年5月1日在西藏自治区林芝市米林县羌纳乡岗嘎村遮磨岗(29°18′28.15″N,94°21′44.23″E,3 000 m)听到过噪鹃的叫声。     

西藏雅鲁藏布江中游发现黄斑褶[鱼兆]

正2016年4月,在西藏雅鲁藏布江中游干流下段的派镇段(29°31′9″N,94°52′12″E,海拔2 897 m),6月在米林段(29°12′1″N,94°5′16″E,海拔2 947 m),2017年7月在里龙段(29°8′32″N,93°54′34″E,海拔2 960 m),使用定置刺网共捕获到15尾疑似黄斑褶(Pseudecheneis sulcatus)的鱼类标本(图1a,b)。2017年4月在雅鲁藏布江下游墨脱段(29°18′10″N,95°16′52″E,海拔682 m)采集到一批黄斑褶标本(图1c,d),并与中游的黄斑褶进行了形态学比较鉴定。     

西藏墨脱发现黑胸楔嘴鹩鹛（Sphenocichla humei）

2014年11月10日在西藏自治区林芝地区墨脱县于墨脱公路海拔1 437 m处(29°35′45″N,95°28′25″E)路边灌丛中发现1群约7只黑胸楔嘴鹩鹛(Sphenocichla humei),经查阅文献,确认这是该物种在中国于印控藏南地区之外的首次记录。     

上海市发现钝尾两头蛇

正2017年9月8日,在上海市大金山岛的南坡中段(30°41′30″N,121°25′04″E,海拔40 m)距山脚约30 m和40 m处,采集到2号蛇类尸体标本。经查阅文献(浙江动物志委员会1990,赵尔宓1999,2006)和鉴定,确认为游蛇科(Colubridae)两头蛇属(Calamaria)的钝尾两头蛇(C.septentrionalis),系上海市首次发现。标本现保存于上海自然博物馆的两栖爬行类标本库房。     

西藏林芝发现宝兴歌鸫

正2012年9月8日上午,在西藏东南部林芝市林芝县色季拉山东坡(29°39′03.39″N,94°42′52.47″E,海拔3 894 m)的急尖长苞冷杉(Abies georgei var.)林中的西南花楸(Sorbus rehderiana)上,发现并拍摄到1只鸫。该鸟体长约25 cm,上体褐色,下体皮黄而具明显黑点,耳羽后侧具月牙状黑色斑块,2条白色的点状翼斑明显(图1)。     

西藏林芝发现宝兴歌鸫北大核心CSCD

2012年9月8日上午,在西藏东南部林芝市林芝县色季拉山东坡(29°39′03.39″N,94°42′52.47″E,海拔3 894 m)的急尖长苞冷杉(Abies georgei var.)林中的西南花楸(Sorbus rehderiana)上,发现并拍摄到1只鸫。该鸟体长约25 cm,上体褐色,下体皮黄而具明显黑点,耳羽后侧具月牙状黑色斑块,2条白色的点状翼斑明显(图1)。     

云南省爬行类首次记录灰腹绿锦蛇

2021年4月16日,在云南大围山国家级自然保护区内水围城景区附近(103°41′45.47″E,22°54′35.22″N;海拔2109 m)发现1种蛇类,结合野外拍摄照片(图1 ) ,依据《中国蛇类》(赵尔宓,2006 )及相关文献(崔继法等,2018;黄汝怡等,2019;谭艳等,2021 )进行分类,确定该蛇为游...     

西藏墨脱发现棕腹隼雕

正2019年4月15日在西藏林芝市墨脱县墨崩公路段(95°13′23″E,29°16′02″N,海拔800 m)、4月18日在波墨公路80k附近(95°29′28″E,29°39′33″N,海拔2 097 m)分别发现1只棕腹隼雕(Lophotriorchis kienerii)亚成体,并拍摄到其中1只的照片(图1)。该鸟具有白色的眉纹,深色的过眼纹向后延伸至后颈,脸颊、颈侧和喉部白色,翅形宽大,初级飞羽基部腹面有较明显的深色条带,尾黑褐色具黑色     

粗毛肉果草青藏高原新分布

报道了青藏高原通泉草科(Mazaceae)肉果草属(Lancea)粗毛肉果草(Lancea hirsuta Bonati)新分布。该种分布于西藏八宿县(30°12′3.8″N,97°16′48″E)、西藏林周县(30°4′58.8″N,91°16′48″E)、西藏当雄县(30°32′24″N,91°20′24″E)和青海杂多县(33°4′48″N,95°9′36″E),该次发现将中国该种自然分布区扩大到西藏、青海等地,海拔分布也增加至4 300m。凭证标本现存于中国科学院青藏高原生物标本馆(HNWP)。     

Investigation of the mechanism of temperature sensitivity of the electroreceptors of ampullae of lorenzini

In experiments on Black Sea skates (Raja clavata), the potential of the receptor epithelium of the ampullae of Lorenzini and spike activity of single nerve fibers connected to them were investigated during electrical and temperature stimulation. Usually the potential within the canal was between 0 and –2 mV, and the input resistance of the ampulla 250–400 k. Heating of the region of the receptor epithelium was accompanied by a negative wave of potential, an increase in input resistance, and inhibition of spike activity. With worsening of the animal's condition the transepithelial potential became positive (up to +10 mV) but the input resistance of the ampulla during stimulation with a positive current was nonlinear in some cases: a regenerative spike of positive polarity appeared in the channel. During heating, the spike response was sometimes reversed in sign. It is suggested that fluctuations of the transepithelial potential and spike responses to temperature stimulation reflect changes in the potential difference on the basal membrane of the receptor cells, which is described by a relationship of the Nernst's or Goldman's equation type.I. P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Leningrad. I. M. Sechenov, Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Leningrad. Pacific Institute of Oceanology, Far Eastern Scientific Center, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Vladivostok. Translated from Neirofiziologiya, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 67–74, January–February, 1980.     

Determination of stoichiometry of radioiodination of proteins

A sensitive method for the detection of small quantities of hydrophobic antioxidant free radical scavengers such as butylatedhydroxytoluene (BHT) and butylatedhydroxyanisole (BHA) in aqueous samples is described. The procedure involves extraction of the hydrophobic free radical scavenger into an organic solvent phase, followed by the subsequent reaction of an aliquot of this extract with the stable cation radical tris(p-bromophenyl)amminium hexachloroantimonate (TBACA). In experiments with BHT and BHA, the loss of TBACA absorbance at 730 nm was found to be linearly proportional to the amount of antioxidant added, with quantities of BHT as small as 200 pmol being easily detectable. In aqueous suspensions of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine vesicles, assays of the aqueous BHT concentration showed that BHT partitioned strongly into the membrane phase, achieving very high BHT/phospholipid ratios. For a given concentration of BHT, partitioning into the membrane phase was greater in large, multilamellar liposomes than in either small, single-walled vesicles or in purified rat brain synaptic vesicle membranes. Direct assay of BHT and BHA in phospholipid membranes, however, was complicated by a nonspecific interaction between TBACA and the phospholipid.