栖息地丧失和退化严重威胁全球两栖类动物的生存与繁衍,栖息地保护在两栖动物保育中具有高的优先性。大凉螈(Liangshantriton taliangensis)是国内外广泛关注的横断山区特有珍稀有尾类物种。结合大凉螈33个分布位点和9个环境变量数据,本文运用最大熵(MaxEnt)模型预测了大凉螈当前潜在适宜分布区,再根据现有自然保护地(5个国家级和9个省级)分布进行了保护空缺分析,同时,借助比例体重指数法(SMI)衡量了7个种群共218个个体的身体状况,比较了保护区内外种群间的差异,利用归一化植被指数(NDVI)识别了保护区内植被变化,据此对四川栗子坪国家级自然保护区的保护成效进行了评估。结果表明,(1)影响大凉螈分布的最主要环境变量为NDVI(贡献值34.33%)、最干月份降水量(贡献值26.81%)和海拔(贡献值20.92%);(2)大凉螈适宜生境主要集中在小相岭和凉山山系,占研究区域总面积的15.38%,现有自然保护地覆盖了大凉螈23.62%的适宜生境,仍有3760.91km^(2)的保护空缺;(3)栗子坪保护区内雄性个体肥满度指数显著大于保护区外个体(t-test,P=0.006),雌性个体肥满度指数无显著差异(t-test,P=0.214),保护区内近6年NDVI值显著高于保护区建立前(Mann-Whitney U test,P<0.0001),均提示总体保护成效优。结合研究结果,提出了确立大凉螈为重要保护目标物种、扩大现有保护区、建立保护小区或拯救中心、建设生态廊道等保护地建设的物种恢复措施,以提升对大凉螈的保护能力。
We studied oviposition sites and their effects on the reproductive success of the Chinhai salamander (Echinotriton chinhaiensis) .The results showed that: (1) the female had strong preferences for spawning sites and oviposition microhabitat; (2) the most suitable oviposition sites were 30 cm higher than water level and 45 cm from the water body; (3) oviposition sites usually overlapped;(4) embryos could develop and hatch normally in water as well as on land. The hatching rate on land was high (94 3%), but the number of hatchlings that successfully migrated to water was low (52%±11%, n =3 in the laboratory, and approximatly 20% in nature). Based on the situation in laboratory, the average hatchling survival rate at all oviposition sites was 36 7%. Owing to oviposition on land, the reproductive success of Chinhai salamander was very low;(5) protecting the spawning sites and increasing the hatchling survival rate are the keys to conserving this species.
