中国蛇类保护和养殖及展望

蛇类是中国一类重要的野生动物资源，对其利用由来已久，然而随着环境变化和社会发展，致使蛇类野生资源急剧下降，但从另一方面也促进了对蛇类人工驯养繁育的发展和探索。作者总结了中国蛇类资源概况、保护法律法规和措施以及上世纪80年代兴起的蛇类养殖及技术简况。

Status of Conservation and Captive Breeding of Snakes in China

In China,snakes have been collected as food, traditional Chinese medicines and Chinese music instruments for centuries. And certain species now used in cosmetics and leather products （CWCA, 2001）. China has 207 species of snakes, of which more than 60 are poisonous and 55 endemic. Al- though the habitat shrinks （alteration, destruction and fragmentation）, climate change and xonobiotic chemicals are the factors responsible for the population decline of amphibian and reptiles throughout the world, the collection from the wild for commercial purposes is a major threat to snakes in China （CWCA,2001）.