蛤蚧为较常用的中药材,始载于“开宝本草”,原动物只有一种。但在各地送检的样品中,曾发现蛤蚧的混淆品种,如已报道的“腊皮蜥”,“喜山鬣蜥”,“乌柱蛇(蛇太医)”等冒充蛤蚧。我们今年在检验中还发现了一种伪充蛤蚧的动物,经鉴定实为无蹼壁虎。现将蛤蚧与其区别如下:(照片见插页图十一、十二) Cockroaches are the more commonly used Chinese herbal medicines. They were originally contained in “Caibao Materia Medica.” However, in samples submitted from various places, it has been found that the mutated species of crickets, such as the reported “Tapio lizard”, “Mountain Iguana lizard”, “Umbra Snake (Snake Serpent)” posing as crickets. We have also discovered a pseudo-filled animal in our tests this year, which was identified as a gecko. The difference between the present and the following is as follows: (See photos in inserts XI and 12)