Asiatic Herpetological Research

December 1993

FirstRecords for Ophisaurus hard and Python molurus
Jiangxi Province, China

Vol. 5, pp. 103-104

bivittatus

fromChangfu zhong
Department of Biology. Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang, Jiangxi. China.
Abstract.- Ophisaurus harti and Python molurus bivittatus are reported for the first time from Jiangxi
Province China. The measurements, characteristics, and distributions of these two species and subspecies
are described in detail.

Key Words:

Reptilia, Lacertilia, Anguidae,harti, Serpentes, Boidae,

Ophisaurus

bivittatus, China, distribution

Ophisaurus harti Boulenger

(Fig.

1)

On October 22, 1980 a specimen of O.
harti was caught by Weitao Ji and Songlin

Cheng of the Wuyi Shan Natural Reserve at
an altitude of 900 meters on Mt. Wuyi,
Yanshan County, Jiangxi Province, China.
The specimen is kept in the Department ofBiology, Jiangxi Medical College,-t-Nanchang.
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Measurements of specimen, in mm.
600Specimen Number
Sex

Python molurus

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