Influence of ambient temperature on maternal thermoregulation and neonate phenotypes in a viviparous lizard, Eremias multiocellata, during the gestation period

To assess the potential gestational effects on post-hatching morphology, locomotor performance, and early growth rate, we maintained gravid Eremias multiocellata under four constant treatment temperatures (25, 29, 31, and 35 °C). Ambient temperature had significant effects on some morphometric traits of offspring, including tail length, head size, forelimb length and hindlimb length, but not on body mass or snout-vent length. The data of females' body temperature indirectly support the maternal manipulation hypothesis. Juvenile E. multiocellata had better locomotor performance and faster early growth rate at 29 °C than at the other three treatment temperatures (25, 31, and 35 °C). Our results suggest that gestation temperature may be optimized at 29 °C for E. multiocellata from Tianzhu, Gansu Province, China.     

三种荒漠蜥蜴空间和营养生态位研究

同一荒漠蜥蜴群落中,荒漠沙蜥（Ｐｈｒｙｎｏｃｅｐｈａｌｕｓｐｒｚｅｗａｌｓｋｉｉ）和虫纹麻蜥（Ｅｒｅｍｉａｓｖｅｒｍｉｃｕｌａｔａ）,密点麻蜥（Ｅｒｅｍｉａｓｍｕｌｔｉｏｃｅｌｌａｔａ）占不有同的空间生态位,其间几乎不存在竞争。两个近缘种虽然占有相同空间生态位,但个体大的密点麻蜥食物种类特化,个体小的虫纹麻蜥偏重于利用较小的食物资源。占有相同空间生态位的近缘种,营养生态位向不同方向特化,利用不同的食物资源,从而在竞争中共存,保持群落结构的稳定性。     

温度对蜥蜴腓肠肌ATP酶活性影响的研究

本文研究了荒漠沙蜥（ｐｈｒｙｎｏｃｅｐｈａｌｕｓ Ｐｒｚｅｗａｌｓｋｉｉ Ｓｔｒａｕｃｈ）和密点麻蜥（Ｅｒｅｍｉａｓ　ｍｕｌｔｉｏｃｅｌｌａｔａＧｕｅｎｔｈｅｒ）腓肠肌肌球蛋白钙激活ＡＴＰ酶活性对温度的依赖关系。结果表明，荒漠沙蜥腓肠肌ＡＴＰ酶的最适温度为３７℃，密点麻蜥腓肠肌ＡＴＰ酶的最适温度为３５℃。两种蜥蜴ＡＴＰ酶最适温度的不同与它们所喜好的温度有很好的相关性。ＡＴＰ酶活性在同种个体大小之间也存在差异。ＡＴＰ酶的生化调节可能在蜥蜴对温度适应上起重要作用。     

安徽乾山山地麻蜥卵孵化过程中物质和能量的变化

野生成年山地麻蜥捕获后在人工环境中产卵,卵在30℃、－12kPa的条件下孵化;在不同时段称重（整体、卵壳、卵黄、胚胎等）并测定一些成分的能量。胚胎发育以及卵物质和能量转化数据处理结果如下：①卵孵化期为35.0d,孵化时能从外界吸收水分使卵重增加;②在卵孵化0－20、20－30和30-35d,胚胎分别利用新生卵能量的10％、30％和20％;③胚胎在孵化的20d内生长缓慢,此后生长迅速;④卵孵化过程中,干重、非极性脂肪和能量的转化率分别为67.3%、32.7%和59.6%;⑤胚胎发育所需的无机物来自卵黄和卵壳。该种卵内干物质和非极性脂肪（作为主要能量物质）的转化率、幼体内剩余卵黄比例均较有鳞类低;这种转化率差异可能与山地麻蜥胚胎发育缓慢期较长有关。     

山地麻蜥继饥饿后的补偿生长

动物继饥饿后一段时间后恢复喂食,在恢复生长阶段中常出现高于正常生长速度的补偿生长现象.有关脊椎动物补偿增长的研究主要集中在畜禽类、哺乳类和鱼类(Wilson et al.,1960;Plavnik et al.,1985;Drew et al.,1975;Pitts,1986;Kim et al.,1995),并且已在一些经济动物的饲养中利用补偿增长效应而提高经济效益.爬行动物是否存在补偿生长的现象迄今不明.本研究以山地麻蜥(Eremias breuchleyi)作为实验对象,研究其继饥饿后的补偿生长,预期为揭示爬行动物饥饿胁迫条件下的生长对策提供基础资料.     

中国麻晰属的分类历史简述

麻蜥属隶属于蜥蜴科,为典型的草原和荒膜动物,本文回顾了麻晰属物种的命名史,对目前梁色体和生化方面研究也做了报道。     

Effects of gestation temperature on offspring sex and maternal reproduction in a viviparous lizard (Eremias multiocellata) living at high altitude

Temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) is well studied in many species of reptiles, but little is known on how geographic distribution and altitude affect the sex ratio. In the present study, we focused on a population of a viviparous lizard with TSD (Eremias multiocellata) that lives at high altitudes (≈2900 m) in Tianzhu, Gansu province, China. Gestation temperature had a notable effect on the offspring sex ratio, gestation period, and the mother's body mass. The mothers produced female biased offspring at 25 °C but male biased offspring at 35 °C. All female lizards lost weight during pregnancy, and the least loss of the body mass was observed at 31 °C. The gestation period increased in a non-linear fashion as ambient temperature was reduced. Average litter size was elevated with an increase of gestation temperatures, reached a maximum at 31 °C, and then declined at 35 °C. Compared with a previous study on a Minqin population which lives at a lower altitude (≈1400 m) and warmer climate, the present study obtained a less skewed sex ratio of offspring in the Tianzhu population. Geographic variations also affected offspring morphology between the two populations; females collected from Tianzhu produced larger litters but with a smaller body weight of offspring. These differences may be caused by the adaptive response to the cool climatic and high-altitude environmental conditions.     

新疆敏麻蜥3个地理种群趾长及趾长比的两性异形

趾长比是指动物不同趾长的比值,常被认为是早期雄激素或雌激素暴露的标记物之一.本文通过测量新疆敏麻蜥Eremias arguta 3个地理种群的雌雄成体各趾长并计算趾长比,探究不同地理种群趾长及趾长比的两性差异.结果表明,伊犁地区雄性后肢的第2趾显著大于雌性(P<0.05);富蕴县雄性前肢、后肢的第2、3、4、5趾长均显...     

Temperature acclimation affects thermal preference and tolerance in three Eremias lizards

We acclimated adult males of three Eremias lizards from different latitudes to 28℃,33℃ or 38℃ to examine whether temperature acclimation affects their thermal preference and tolerance and whether thermal preference and tolerance of these lizards correspond with their latitudinal distributions.Overall,selected body temperature（Tsel）and viable temperature range（VTR）were both highest in E.brenchleyi and lowest in E.multiocellata,with E.argus in between;critical thermal minimum（CTMin）was highest in E.multiocellata and lowest in E.brenchleyi,with E.argus in between;critical thermal maximum（CTMax）was lower in E.multiocellata than in other two species.Lizards acclimated to 28℃ and 38℃ overall selected lower body temperatures than those acclimated to 33℃;lizards acclimated to high temperatures were less tolerant of low temperatures,and vice versa;lizards acclimated to 28℃ were less tolerant of high temperatures but had a wider VTR range than those acclimated to 33℃ and 38℃.Lizards of three species acclimated to the three temperatures always differed from each other in CTMin,but not in Tsel,CTMax and VTR.Our results show that：temperature acclimation plays an important role in influencing thermal preference and tolerance in the three Eremias lizards,although the degrees to which acclimation temperature affects thermal preference and tolerance differ among species;thermal preference rather than tolerance of the three Eremias lizards corresponds with their latitudinal distributions.     

密点麻蜥的食性及摄食的季节性变化

分析甘肃民勤２０９只成体和４３只幼体密点麻蜥胃含物表明,密点麻蜥是以动物性食物为主的杂食性动物,主要以甲虫和白刺果为食．成体出蛰后即开始强烈摄自,摄食率均在８３％以上．食性季节性变化显著,春季仅以动物为食,夏季动物性和植物性食物各半,秋季植物性食物占１／３．食物种类多样性和营养生态位宽度随体形增大而增加．