The Morphometrical and Kariological Study of the Caspian bent-toed gecko, Cyrtopodion caspium in Mashhad District (Sauria:Gekkonidae)
Subject Areas : Journal of Animal Biologyفرحناز مولوی 1 , نرگس تهرانی 2
1 - دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد مشهد، گروه زیست شناسی، مشهد، ایران
2 - دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد مشهد، گروه زیست شناسی، مشهد، ایران
Keywords: Iran, Mashhad, lizards, Gekkonidae, Caspian bent toed gecko,
Abstract :
The lizards of gekkonidae have not been studied systematically in Mashhad district. In this research, 280 specimens were collected from seven stations (Ahmad abad,Malek abad, Torbage, Shandyz, Tabadkan, Mayame, Razavyee) of Mashhad in spring and summer of 2009. Samples were transferred alive to the zoological lab, identified and were fixed after karyolitic studies. Identification based upon morphologic characters showed that samples belong to Caspian bent toed gecko gecko,Cyrtopodion caspium. The diploid number of 2n=38 found in Cyrtopodion caspium. The phonetic studies between populations, 18 characters were measured. T-test analysis between sexes were not significant in 18 characters (pandlt;0.05). One way ANOVA between populations were not significant in 18 characters .Total populations were morphologically similar to one another.
