蕲蛇习称大白花蛇。为蛙科动物五步蛇Agkistrodon acutus(Guenther)的干燥体。时珍谓:“……其蛇龙头虎口,黑质白花,肋有二十四方胜纹,腹有念珠斑。”其特征与今市售的蕲蛇相一致。由于货源紧缺,价格昂贵,商品中除用颈棱蛇、环纹游蛇、玉斑锦蛇等混充外,我们还发现有用蕲蛇皮包裹其他去皮蛇体与肌肉,或值入他种蛇头制成蕲蛇于来伪充,应注意鉴别,防止误用。 The viper is known as the Great White Snake. It is a dried body of the five-step snake Agkistrodon acutus (Guenther). According to Shi Zhen, “...the snakes lead the tiger’s mouth, the black and white flowers, the ribs have twenty-four square wins, and there are rosary spots on the abdomen.” Its characteristics are consistent with the current commercial pythons. Due to scarcity of supplies and high prices, apart from the use of pine rib snakes, snakes, and snakes, we also find that snake skins are used to wrap other peeled snakes and muscles, or to be used in other species of snake heads. Into the pseudo-charged python, should pay attention to identification, to prevent misuse.