不同水温条件下中华蟾蜍蝌蚪的表型可塑性研究

对中华蟾蜍Bufo gargarizans蝌蚪在不同水温下生长以及变态情况进行了观察,测量了不同发育时期的全长、尾长、体宽,记录了不同温度条件下各时期出现的起始时间和持续时间;比较了不同温度条件下的发育状态,发现高温可以明显加速生长,比对照组提前17天变态.方差分析得出高温下变态前的体长、尾长、体宽、尾高、前肢长都与对照组有明显差异（P＜0.01）,说明高温虽然加速了生长,但也使得变态能量积累不够,体形偏小;21℃时,全长、尾长与对照组差异不显著,其余变量差异显著,说明这个温度下,蝌蚪发育时间充足,积累能量多,趋向于形成较大的个体.这种在水温变化时所呈现出来的表型可塑性有利于适应异质性的环境,急速发育导致的提前变态可以使其避开干旱的危害.但是这种表型可塑性能力也有其局限,推测小个体的成体可能会在生长繁殖中付出代价.     

云南昆明地区4种蝌蚪形态比较研究

作者比较了采自昆明东北郊的滇蛙Rana pleuraden、昭觉林蛙Rana chaochioensis、华西蟾蜍eufo andrewsi和云南小狭口蛙Calluella yunnanensis的蝌蚪。结果表明,4种蝌蚪口部形态、尾形、出水孔和肛管开口位置在第Ⅰ、Ⅱ期稳定。滇蛙蝌蚪唇齿式为Ⅰ：1—1／1—1：Ⅱ;有一出水孔位于体左侧,肛管开口于下尾鳍基部右侧,尾末端尖、短。昭觉林蛙蝌蚪唇齿式为Ⅰ：2—2／1—1：Ⅲ;有一出水孔位于体左侧,肛管开口于下尾鳍基部右侧,尾末端为尖、短。华西蟾蜍蝌蚪唇齿式为Ⅱ／Ⅲ;有一出水孔位于体左侧,肛管开口于下尾鳍基部正中,尾末端钝,几乎呈半圆。云南小狭口蛙蝌蚪无唇齿及唇乳突,口位于吻端,口缘膜状,口部马蹄形,出水孔位于腹部后端中线处;肛管开口于下尾鳍基部正中;尾末端尖,细长。肛管在下尾鳍基部的开口位置可作为蝌蚪分类特征。     

同水塘分布两种无尾两栖类蝌蚪的竞争策略

实验室条件下,通过活动性水平,变态时的体重、增长率和完成变态所需时间考察同水塘分布的中华蟾蜍(Bufo gargarizans)和高原林蛙蝌蚪(Rana kukunoris)的竞争策略。实验按照2×3因子设计,即:食物资源2个水平(高、低),组合方式3个水平(10只中华蟾蜍蝌蚪,记为B组;5只中华蟾蜍蝌蚪和5只高原林蛙蝌蚪,记为BR组;10只高原林蛙蝌蚪,记为R组)。中华蟾蜍蝌蚪的活动性在食物水平低时显著低于食物水平高时,而高原林蛙蝌蚪的活动性在不同食物水平下无显著差异;食物水平低时,混合组的高原林蛙蝌蚪变态时体重和体重增长率都显著高于R组,而混合组中华蟾蜍蝌蚪与B组相比无显著差异;在不同处理组中,食物水平低时混合组中华蟾蜍蝌蚪幼体期最短。这些结果表明:中华蟾蜍蝌蚪在不同食物资源条件下所选择的生存策略可能不同,即食物资源充足时,增加活动性获取更多食物;食物资源有限时,降低活动性且提前完成变态;与中华蟾蜍蝌蚪相比,在食物资源有限时高原林蛙蝌蚪获取食物能力更强。     

中华蟾蜍血液生理生化指标的测定

本文对中华蟾蜍（Bufo gargarizans）血液生理和生化指标进行了测定,并对其测定结果进行了t检验。结果显示,中华蟾蜍血液生理生化指标中白蛋白（ALB）、总蛋白（TP）、甘油三酯（TG）、总胆固醇（CHO）、丙氨酸氨基转移酶（ALT）、天门冬氨酸氨基转移酶（AST）、乳酸脱氢酶（LDH）、葡萄糖（Glu）、血清钙（Ca）、血清氯（Cl）、血清磷（P）、血清镁（Mg）、尿素（Urea）、血清钠（Na）雌雄问均差异不显著（P〉0．05）;碱性磷酸酶（ALP）、血清钾（K）两项指标雌雄之间差异显著（P〈0．05）;肌酐（Cre）在雌雄之间差异极显著（P〈0．01）,从测定结果可看出中华蟾蜍雌雄间血液生理生化值差异不大。     

中华蟾蜍消化道6种酶的组织化学定位

目的研究中华蟾蜍消化道酸性磷酸酶(ACP)、碱性磷酸酶(ALP)、腺苷三磷酸酶(ATPase)、非特异性酯酶(NSE)、过氧化物酶(POX)和琥珀酸脱氢酶(SDH)等6种酶的分布。方法在消化道的8个部位取材,采用冰冻切片技术、石蜡切片技术、酶的组织化学方法和光密度定量分析。结果 ACP主要分布于胃贲门中贲门腺部,十二指肠和回肠中酶反应呈弱阳性。ALP主要分布于食管、十二指肠至回肠的粘膜上皮,十二指肠酶活性最高。ATPase在消化道各部位均有分布,胃中胃腺部和回肠粘膜上皮酶活性显著较高(P0.05)。NSE和POX在整个消化道粘膜上皮和粘膜固有层均有分布,胃各部位酶活性显著较低(P0.05)。SDH除在食管和直肠酶活性显著较低外,其它部位均有大量分布,十二指肠和回肠酶活性显著较高(P0.05)。结论中华蟾蜍消化道粘膜6种酶的分布同其它动物有相似之处,也有其自身特点。6种酶在消化道中的分布与消化道各部位的生理机能密切相关。     

文昌鱼轮器哈氏窝匀浆对幼体蟾蜍睾丸发育的初步探讨

关于文昌鱼生殖活动的调节,Tjoa和Welsch根据电镜的观察,推测文昌鱼头部轮器上的哈氏窝(Hatschek’s pit)可能与脊椎动物的脑下垂体同源。最近,张致一等用荧光免疫法研究发现轮器上的哈氏窝上皮细胞有与LH抗血清产生沉淀反应的分泌颗粒,从而进一步证实了Tjoa等人的看法。我们在光学显微镜下也观察到哈氏窝上皮细胞内分泌颗粒的数量,在性腺发育的不同阶段有明显的区别(待发表的资料),提示哈氏窝上皮细胞与性腺发     

Visual performance of the toad (Bufo bufo) at low light levels: retinal ganglion cell responses and prey-catching accuracy

The accuracy of toad snapping towards moving worm dummies under various levels of dim illumination (from absolute threshold to moonlight) was videorecorded and related to spike responses of retinal ganglion cells exposed to equivalent stimuli. Some toads (at ca. 16 °C) successfully snapped at dummies that produced only one photoisomerization per 50 rods per second in the retina, in good agreement with thresholds of sensitive retinal ganglion cells. One factor underlying such high sensitivity is extensive temporal summation by the ganglion cells. This, however, is inevitably accompanied by very long response latencies (around 3 s near threshold), whereby the information reaching the brain shows the dummy in a position where it was several seconds earlier. Indeed, as the light was dimmed, snaps were displaced successively further to the rear of the dummy, finally missing it. The results in weak but clearly supra-threshold illumination indicate that snaps were aimed at the advancing head as seen by the brain, but landed further backwards in proportion to the retinal latency. Near absolute threshold, however, accuracy was too good, suggesting that the animal had recourse to a neural representation of the regularly moving dummies to correct for the slowness of vision.     

The impact of invasive cane toads on native wildlife in southern Australia

Commonly, invaders have different impacts in different places. The spread of cane toads (Rhinella marina: Bufonidae) has been devastating for native fauna in tropical Australia, but the toads' impact remains unstudied in temperate‐zone Australia. We surveyed habitat characteristics and fauna in campgrounds along the central eastern coast of Australia, in eight sites that have been colonized by cane toads and another eight that have not. The presence of cane toads was associated with lower faunal abundance and species richness, and a difference in species composition. Populations of three species of large lizards (land mullets Bellatorias major, eastern water dragons Intellagama lesueurii, and lace monitors Varanus varius) and a snake (red‐bellied blacksnake Pseudechis porphyriacus) were lower (by 84 to 100%) in areas with toads. The scarcity of scavenging lace monitors in toad‐invaded areas translated into a 52% decrease in rates of carrion removal (based on camera traps at bait stations) and an increase (by 61%) in numbers of brush turkeys (Alectura lathami). The invasion of cane toads through temperate‐zone Australia appears to have reduced populations of at least four anurophagous predators, facilitated other taxa, and decreased rates of scavenging. Our data identify a paradox: The impacts of cane toads are at least as devastating in southern Australia as in the tropics, yet we know far more about toad invasion in the sparsely populated wilderness areas of tropical Australia than in the densely populated southeastern seaboard.     

镉对蟾蜍的4种器官乳酸脱氢酶同工酶的影响

以腹腔注射法对蟾蜍(Bufo bufo gargarizans)给镉,处理一周后,观察了4种镉中毒浓度(0．1、0．2、0．4、0．8mg／kg)条件下的蟾蜍心、肝、肾和睾丸中乳酸脱氢酶(LDH)同工酶的变化。结果表明：随着镉中毒浓度的升高,心脏LDH同工酶的活性明显升高,睾丸LDH同工酶的活性明显下降,肝中的LDH1、LDH2、LDH3、LDH5在0．4、0．8mg／kg浓度组酶活性明显增加,而LDH4则明显减弱,肾中LDH1的活性随镉浓度的升高而明显升高,其它各酶带活性出现先增强而后又逐渐减弱的现象。结果提示了镉对蟾蜍主要器官LDH同工酶的影响具有组织差异性。