
%0 Journal Article
%A King, M 
%A Mengden, G 
%T Chromosomal Evolution in the Diplodactylinae (Gekkonidae, Reptilia) .2. Chromosomal Variability Between New Caledonian Species
%J Australian Journal of Zoology
%D 1990/04/01
%V 38
%N 2
%P 219-226
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO9900219
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/ZO9900219 
%X The karotypes of six species of New Caledonian gekkos from the genera Rhacodactylus and Bavayia are described. The chromosomes of R. auriculatus, R. sarasinorum and B. sauvagei share a highly derived biarmed 2n=38 karyomorph, which is common to species from both New Zealand and Australia and is believed to be a relic from a previous Gondwanaland distribution. In contrast, R. leachianus, B. crassicollis and B. montana have karyotypes further modified from this karyomorph by a series of presumed pericentric inversions. This chromosomal repatterning appears to have been associated with the speciation of this complex. A chromosomal perspective on Kluge's (1987) recent reclassification of the Diplodactylinae is also provided and discussed. 
