• 대한수의학회지
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.689-697
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• 1999

The regional distribution and relative frequency of endocrine cells in the alimentary tract of the snake, Rhabdophis tigrinus tigrinus, were investigated by immunohistochemical method using 7 antisera. Chromogranin (Cg)-, glucagon-, somatostatin-, gastrin/cholecystokinin (Gas/CCK)-, serotonin-, bovine pancreatic polypeptide (BPP)-immunoreactive cells were identified in this study. Cg-immunoreactive cells were detected throughout the alimentary tract including the esophagus, with predominant frequency in the pylorus. Numerous immunoreactive cells were observed from the esophagus to the pylorus but a few cells were detected in the large intestine. Glucagon-immunoreactive cells were observed from the proximal portions to the distal portions of the small intestine. They were increased to the middle portions but thereafter decreased, and no cells were found in the terminal portions. Somatostatin-immunoreactive cells were restricted to the small intestine and these cells were decreased toward to distal portions of the small intestine. Gas/CCK-immunoreactive cells were detected in the pylorus and small intestine. They were most predominant in the pylorus and the proximal portions of the small intestine but thereafter decreased toward to the distal regions. Serotonin-immunoreactive cells were observed throughout the alimentary tract. They were most predominant in the pylorus and proximal portions of the small intestine but a few cells were observed in the large intestine. BPP-immunoreactive cells were restricted to the distal portions of the small intestine with rare frequency. No bombesin-immunoreactive cells were found in this study.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.169-177
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• 1977

유혈목이(Rhabdophis tigrimus)의 혈장알부민을 polythylene glycol과 ethanol 침전 방법에 의해 정제하였고 혈색소는 agar-gel 전기영동방법에 의해 정제하였다. 이 두 단백질과 유혈목이 혈장을 각각 토끼에 주사하여 항혈청들을 얻었으며 포유류 1종, 조류 1종, 파충류 9종, 및 양서류 1종의 혈장 및 혈구파쇄물과 면역확산 및 면역 전기영동을 실시하였다. 혈장알부민과 혈장에 대한 항혈청들은 유혈목이 혈장알부민과만 반응을 나타냈고 다른종의 혈장알부민과는 반응을 나타내지 않았다. 혈색소에 대한 항혈청은 8종의 사류 혈색소와 강한 반응을 나타냈다. 파충류의 혈장알부민의 구조는 상당히 빠르게 변형되어져 왔고 파충류의 경우 혈색소 분자는 강한 구조상의 상동성을 갖고 있는 것 같다. 그러므로 파충류의 경우 혈색소 분자의 구조는 혈장알부민의 구조보다 느리게 변형되어져 온 것으로 생각된다.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.139-143
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• 2010

Reptiles were known to serve as paratenic hosts for Centrorhynchus (Acanthocephala: Centrorhynchidae) in Korea, but the infection course in experimental animals was not elucidated yet. In this study, the tiger keelback snakes (Rhabdophis tigrinus) were collected and digested with artificial pepsin solution, and the larvae of Centrorhynchus were recovered from them. Then, the collected larvae were orally infected to rats for developmental observations. In rats, all the larvae were observed outside the intestine on day 3 post-infection (PI), including the mesentery and abdominal muscles. As for the development in rats, the ovary of Centrorhynchus sp. was observed at day 15 PI, and the cement glands were 3 in number. Based on the morphological characteristics, including the arrangement of proboscis hooks, these larvae proved to be a species of Centrorhynchus, and more studies were needed for species identification.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.477-483
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• 2015

Characteristics of snake reproductive organs that are relatively less affected by external environmental conditions can be used as an important means of classification; additionally, such characteristics can provide useful information on a species' reproductive system. In this study, we compared the testis weights, hemipenis lengths and retractor muscle lengths of male Oocatochus rufodorsatus and Rhabdophis tigrinus in Colubridae and Gloydius saxatilis, G. brevicaudus and G. ussuriensis in Viperidae. The snake snout-vent lengths (SVLs) were positively related to the three reproductive organ sizes, but the body weight only exhibited a positive relationship with the testis weight. The three organs did not significantly differ on the left and right sides. The relative testis weights and retractor muscle lengths (divided by the body weight and SVL, respectively) of the Colubridae snakes were greater than for the Viperidae snakes, but the relative hemipenis lengths (divided by SVL) did not differ between the two groups. The relative testis weight of G. saxatilis and the relative retractor muscle lengths of the Viperidae snakes were smaller compared with the Colubridae snakes. The relative hemipenis length of O. rufodorsatus was greater than for R. tigrinus, G. saxatilis and G. brevicaudus. Additional comparisons were not significant. Our results may facilitate further studies on hemipenial morphology and mating competition in Korean snakes. This is the first study on Korean snake reproductive organs.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.445-448
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• 2011

A survey was performed to find out the intermediate hosts of Gnathostoma nipponicum in Jeju-do (Province), the Republic of Korea. In August 2009 and 2010, a total of 82 tadpoles, 23 black-spotted pond frogs (Rana nigromaculata), 7 tiger keelback snakes (Rhabdophis tigrinus tigrinus), 6 red-tongue viper snakes (Agkistrodon ussuriensis), and 2 cat snakes (Elaphe dione) were collected in Jeju-do and examined by the pepsin-HCl digestion method. Total 5 gnathostome larvae were detected in 3 (50%) of 6 A. ussuriensis, 70 larvae in 3 of 7 (42.9%) R. tigrinus tigrinus, and 2 larvae in 2 of 82 (8.7%) frogs. No gnathostome larvae were detected in tadpoles and cat snakes. The larvae detected were a single species, and $2.17{\times}0.22mm$ in average size. They had characteristic head bulbs, muscular esophagus, and 4 cervical sacs. Three rows of hooklets were arranged in the head bulbs, and the number of hooklets in each row was 29, 33, and 36 posteriorly. All these characters were consistent with the advanced third-stage larvae of G. nipponicum. It has been first confirmed in Jeju-do that R. nigromaculata, A. ussuriensis, and R. tigrinus tigrinus play a role for intermediate and/or paratenic hosts for G. nipponicum.

• 한국환경생태학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.177-182
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• 1995

1994년 4월 28일부터 1994년 4월 30일, 1994년 8월 4일부터 1994년 8월 5일 두 차례에 걸쳐 경상북도 청송군, 경상북도 영덕군에 걸쳐있는 주왕산국립공원의 양서 파충류상을 조사한 결과 양서류는 총 5과 5속 7종, 파충류는 3과 6속 7종이 관찰되었다. 양서류의 우점종은 북방산개구리였으며 유혈목이가 파충류의 우점종으로 나타났다. 본 결과는 주왕산국립공원의 개발 이후에 변화될 양서.파충류상을 조사하는데 기초자료가 될 것이다.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.247-252
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• 1999

The aim of this study was to characterize antipredator tactics of anurans and to evaluate the effectiveness of these tactics for predator avoidance in real confrontations. Two types of experiments were conducted. In one experiment, one predator and one prey were placed together for one hour in a small confined space (one-to-one interaction). In another experiment, one predator and several prey were placed together for one day in a large enclosure in a field (field-based interaction). The prey consisted of three anuran species, Rana nigromaculata, R. rugosa, and Bombina orientalls: a snake species, Rhabdophis tigrinus tigrinus, was used as a predator. Results of both experiments demonstrated a range in antipredator responses of the frogs, from toxicity and warning coloration, coupled with slow responses in Bombina to little (or only slight) toxicity, crypsis, and fast take-off responses to the predator in the ranids. oth ranid species exhibited lower survival(57%) than Bombina (95%) in the field-based interaction, suggesting that motor responses of the palatable prey due to attacks of the predator ultimately limited their survival. The jumping of the ranids increased the activity of the predator, which became more likely to strike. Simple crouching(seen in R. rugosa and B. orientalis) and chemical defense (in Bombina) reduced predatory attacks.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.181-185
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• 2016

Human sparganosis is a zoonotic disease caused by infection with larval forms (procercoid/plerocercoid) of Spirometra spp. The purpose of this study was to identify Spirometra spp. of infected snakes using a multiplex PCR assay and phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequence data from the spargana of terrestrial snakes obtained from Korea and China. A total of 283 snakes were obtained that included 4 species of Colubridae comprising Rhabdophis tigrinus tigrinus (n=150), Dinodon rufozonatum rufozonatum (n=64), Elaphe davidi (n=2), and Elaphe schrenkii (n=7), and 1 species of Viperidae, Agkistrodon saxatilis (n=60). The snakes were collected from the provinces of Chungbuk, Chungnam, and Gyeongbuk in Korea (n=161), and from China (n=122). The overall infection rate with spargana was 83% (235/283). The highest was recorded for D. rufozonatum rufozonatum (100%), followed by A. saxatilis (85%) and R. tigrinus tigrinus (80%), with a negative result for E. davidi (0%) and E. schrenkii (0%). The sequence identities between the spargana from snakes (n=50) and Spirometra erinaceieuropaei (KJ599680) or S. decipiens (KJ599679) control specimens were 90.8% and 99.2%, respectively. Pairwise genetic distances between spargana (n=50) and S. decipiens ranged from 0.0080 to 0.0107, while those between spargana and S. erinaceieuropaei ranged from 0.1070 to 0.1096. In this study, all of the 904 spargana analyzed were identified as S. decipiens either by a multiplex PCR assay (n=854) or mitochondrial cox1 sequence analysis (n=50).

• 환경생물
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.113-120
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• 2000

1998년 5월부터 9월에 걸쳐 진도 진도읍, 의신면, 고군면, 군내면 4개 지역에서 양서ㆍ파충류의 분포를 조사한 결과 양서류 2목 4과 6종, 파충류는 1목 2아목 4과 8종이 확인되었다. 확인된 14종(청문에 의해 발견된 2종 포함)중 환경부지정 보호야생동물인 까치살모사(Askistrodon saxatilis)가 의신면 일대에서 발견되었다. 희소종으로 줄장지뱀(Takydromus wolteri), 도마뱀(Scincella laterale laterale), 실뱀(Zamenis spinalis) 3종이 확인되었다. 양서류 중에서 참개구리(Rana nigromaculata)와 황소개구리(Ranu catesbeiana)는 4개 지역에서 모두 발견되었다. 확인된 275개체 중 양서류는 옴개구리(Rana rugosa)가 우점도 25.8%, 파충류는 줄장지뱀 (Takydromus wolteri)이 우점도 21.8%로 우점하였다. 종풍부도, 종다양도, 종균질도가 가장 높은 지역은 의신면(R': 2.393, H': 1.931, E': 0.7772)인 반면 군내면의 종풍부도는 R': 0.932로 다른 지역보다 낮았다. 위협도 평가 결과 황소개구리는 관찰/시도(12/13), 확률 85.71%로 서식밀도가 가장 높은 것으로 나타났으며, 도마뱀(Scincella laterale laterale), 누룩뱀(Elaphe dione), 무자치(Elaphe rufodorsata), 능구렁이 (Dinodon rufozonatus rufozonuatus), 유혈목이 (Rhubdophis tigrinus tigrinus), 쇠살모사(Agkistrodon ussuriensis), 실뱀(Zamenis spinalis)은 각각 10% 미만으로 나타나 보호가 요청된다.

• 생태와환경
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.207-215
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• 2017

환경에 직접적으로 노출된 파충류의 비늘 (scale)은 생물의 서식환경, 생활사, 기초생태 등을 잘 반영하기 때문에 종의 특징을 이해하는 중요한 요소가 된다. 이에 본 연구에서는 한국에 서식하는 뱀류의 외부 형태에 따른 종적 차이를 밝히기 위해 국내 서식하는 뱀과(Colubridae) 내 6종(무자치 Oocatochus rufodorsatus, 누룩뱀 Elaphe dione, 유혈목이 Rhabdophis tigrinus, 대륙유혈목이 Amphiesma vibakari, 능구렁이 Dinodon rufozonatum, 실뱀 Hierophis spinalis)과 살모사과(Viperidae) 내 3종(쇠살모사 Gloydius ussuriensis, 살모사 G. brevicaudus, 까치살모사 G. saxatilis) 총 9종을 대상으로 등비늘, 배비늘과 인접한 최외각 등비늘, 등비늘에 형성된 용골(keel) 그리고 배비늘에 대한 크기와 형태를 비교분석하였다. 연구결과, 뱀과와 살모사과 내 뱀들 사이 비늘의 형태적인 차이는 뚜렷했으며, 이들의 섭식 유형 및 이동성을 잘 반영하는 것으로 나타났다. 능구렁이는 다른 종들과 다르게 독특한 마름모형의 등비늘을 가지고 있었으며, 배비늘의 너비/길이 비도 다른 종들과 구분되었다. 용골의 경우 무자치, 능구렁이, 실뱀에서는 발견되지 않았으며, 누룩뱀은 등비늘의 일부에서만 확인되었다. 살모사 3종 간 비늘의 형태적 차이는 기존에 알려진 3종 간 유전적인 관계와도 부합되게 나타났다.