Karyological Study of the Banded Gecko, Hemidactylus fasciatus fasciatus Gray (Gekkonidae; Reptilia)

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Mitotic chromosomes were studied from the bone marrow of male and female, H. fasciatus fasciatus. A diploid chromosome number of 2n =40 was recorded for the species with a chromosome fundamental number (NF) of 50. The karyotype is divisible into 2 main size groups namely, chromosome pair, number 1 which is the longest and chromosomes 2-40 which fairly intergraded in size. Neither microchromosomes nor heteromorphic pairs were observed. Possible mode of inheritance of chromosome variation in the genus, Hemidactylus also received some comments.