Abstract: The authors observed and analized the dermatoglyphy of 500 cases of healthy college and middle school students of western Guangxi, and calculated the frequency of various finger patterns, total finger ridge count (TFRC), frequency index of finger crease, atd angle count, a-b ridge count, t distance ratio, main line index of transversality, frequency of dermatoglyphical pattern, frequency of palmer flexion crease, altogether 9 basic parameters, and compared with those of Han Nationality. The dermatoglyphy of Zhuang Nationality has many features in common with those of Han Nationality, but it also has its own national characteristics.

Key words: Zhuang Nationality of western Guangxi; Finger tip pattern; Normal value of finger crease index; Dermatoglyphics