Patterns and Risks of China's Snake Trade Driven by Medicinal and Culinary Traditions.

Xiang-Mo Li, Shan Su, Lu-Wen Zhang, Yan-Qing Wu, Xiang Ji

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Xiang-Mo LiHerpetological Research Center, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China.

Shan SuHerpetological Research Center, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China.

Lu-Wen ZhangSchool of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China.

Yan-Qing WuZhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Water Environment and Marine Biological Resources Protection, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3068-0241

Xiang JiZhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Water Environment and Marine Biological Resources Protection, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3179-4512

Funding

Science and Technology Fundamental Resources Investigation Program 2022FY100500

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

China plays a multifaceted and pivotal role in the global snake trade network, with its trade dynamics heavily influenced by domestic market demand and international regulatory policies. Based on official CITES trade data from 1975 to 2023, this study systematically analyzes the scale, species composition, source dynamics, and potential risks of China's legal snake trade by using Whole Organism Equivalents (WOEs) and trade measures adjusted for reporting effort. The results show that the cumulative trade volume exceeded 11.7 million WOEs and that China's role underwent a major transformation from a "supply center" in the early 1990s to a "consumption hub" by 2012. Export patterns were dominated by colubrid snakes (81.5% of total exports), with the oriental ratsnake (

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ChinaCITESmedicinal food culturemisreported speciessnake tradevenomous snakeswildlife consumption

Identifiers

PMID42278059

DOI10.3390/ani16111624

PMCPMC13255723

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