塔克拉玛干沙漠北缘发现红沙蚺兼记繁殖数量新纪录

New Record of Distribution and Litter Size of Eryx miliaris in the Taklimakan Desert

2017年5月—2021年10月,在塔克拉玛干沙漠北缘进行动物学野外实习和项目调研过程中,多次发现并采集到一种中小型蛇类。依据2017、2018年采集固定的2号标本及2020年采集到的母蛇,鉴定为红沙蚺(Eryx miliaris)。2020年采集到的母蛇产子16条。本次在塔克拉玛干沙漠北缘发现红沙蚺及其繁殖数量为其分布和繁殖数量新纪录。标本保存于塔里木大学生命科学与技术学院动物学标本室(R-2017-1,R-2018-1)。

A small and medium-sized snake was discovered and collected for many times on the northern edge of the Taklimakan Desert in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,during the field practice and project research of zoology from May 2017 to October 2021.This small snake was identified as Eryx miliaris based on two fixed specimens collected in2017 to 2018 and a female snake collected in 2020.The pregnant snake collected in 2020 gave birth to 16 young snakes.The discovered E.miliaris is a new record for the distribution and litter size in the Taklimakan Desert.The specimens(R-2017-1 and R-2018-1) are preserved in the Zoological Herbarium of College of Life Science and Technology in Tarim University.