蛤蚧为常用中药材,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,如以前报道的蜡皮蜥冒充蛤蚧。我们在检验中还发现了一种类似蛤蚧的动物,经鉴定实为喜山鬣蜥。蛤蚧与其区别点如下: Chinese wolfberry is a commonly used Chinese herbal medicine. It was originally contained in “Kaibao Materia Medica.” There was only one kind of animal. However, in samples submitted from various places, it has been found that the pupa species are contaminated, such as the previously reported paracoccus. We also found an animal that resembled quail in the test and was identified as Hiyama iguana. The difference is as follows: