中国的沙蜥属研究

TOAD HEADED AGAMIDS IN CHINA

本文对我国迄今所知的１８种沙蜥，进行了生物学特性、地理成分和分布的叙述，并依据其形态特征分别编制了成、幼体的种类检索表。

This paper deals with the classification,ecology and distribution of Chinese species of Phrynocephalus. There are 18 Phrynocephalus in China,which are of Mongolia Xinjiang region and Qinghai Xizang fauna region respectively.They agamids can be divided into three ecological types:high elevation cold type,desert type and glassland type.Among the agimids,the Phrynocephalus albolineatus,P.axillaris,P.erythrurus,P.forsythii,P.frontalis,P.grumgrzimailoi,P.hongyuanensis,P.immaculatus,P.kozlowi,P.nasatus,P.vlanglii and P.zeiangensis are endemic species of China.According to the differences of morphological characters,an adult key and a juvenile key to the Chinese species of Phrynocephalus are provided in the paper respectively.