西藏特有种温泉蛇在四川理塘县发现

最近在四川西部理塘县海拔 370 0～ 4 15 0m高山沼泽草地采到 4号 (3雄 1雌 )过去仅知我国西藏高原才有分布的温泉蛇。其鳞被各部分及数量均与西藏分布的温泉蛇一致 ,但与西藏标本尾下鳞单双不定的唯一区别是四川标本均呈双行 ,这可能与所测量四川标本数量较少 (仅 4号 )有关。作者认为这一发现有利于证明青藏高原隆起的地质学问题 ,及其对高原上动物演化发展影响的观点 ,因为西藏高原本体及四川西部高原都属于青藏高原的范围 !

Discovery of Thermophis baileyi(Wall,1907),A Snake Endemic to Xizang AR,from Litang County,Sichuan,China

Three males and one female hot-spring snakes,Thermophis baileyi, were collected from Litang Co., Sichuan Prov., China. The scalation of the specimens found in Litang are identical with those from Xizang AR. The hot-spring snake was previously considered as endemic to Xizang Autonomous Region of China, but now it is found in Sichuan. The authors believe that the traditional concept of the geological problem of the uplift of Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, and its effect on animal evolution,because both the Tibetan Plateau proper and the Kham Plateau are belonging to Qinghai-Xizang Plateau.