中国浙江产游蛇科蛇类数值分类初探

A PRELIMINARY NUMERICAL TAXONOMY STUDY ON THE COLUBRIDAE SNAKE FROMZHEJIANG PROVINCE OF CHINA

本文对浙江省３７种／亚种游蛇科蛇类进行数值分类（类平均法）探讨。结果表明游蛇科可分为６亚群１８小群。与传统分类法的亚科和属比较，主要表现在锦蛇属和游蛇属这两个大属被分为不同的小群（属）；且两头蛇属和颈棱蛇属分别提为亚群（亚科）．为游蛇科的进一步分类研究提供资料。

his paper deals with the numerical taxonomical study of 37 species/subsepcies of theColubridae snakes from Zhejiang Province, China, useing the Group Average Method.The result shows that the genera Elaphe and Nofrix should be divided into differentminor groups (genera), and the genera Calamaria and MacrOPisth￣ are raised tentativelyto sub-families.