Image 1. Map of Mizoram showing the collection sites of Calotes maria, Calotes mystaceus and Ophisaurus gracilis

Image 2. Calotes maria

Image 3. Calotes mystaceus

Image 4. Ophiosaurus gracilis

Table 1. Lizards species of Mizoram recorded by earlier workers

Lizards species	Pawar & Birand (2001)	Harit & Ramanujam (2002)	Mathew (2007)
I. AGAMIDAE
1. Calotes cf. alticristatus	+	-	-
2. C. emma	+	-	+
3. C. jerdoni	+	-	+
4. C. versicolor	+	+	+
5. Draco maculatus	+	-	+
6. Draco sp. (cf. blanfordi-norvilli?)	+	-	-
7. Japalura planidorsata	+	-	-
8. J. variegata	-	-	+
9. Ptyctolaemus gularis	+	-	+
II. GEKKONIDAE
10. Cosymbotus platyurus	+	+	+
11. Cyrtodactylus khasiensis	+	-	+
12. Gekko gecko	+	+	+
13. Hemidactylus brooki	-	+	+
14. H. flaviviridis	-	+	-
15. H. frenatus	+	-	+
16. H. garnoti	+	-	+
17. Ptychozoon lionotum	+	-	-
18. P. horsfieldi	-	-	+
III. LACERTIDAE
19. Takydromus sexlineatus	+	-	+
IV. SCINCIDAE
20. Shenomorphus maculatus	+	-	+
21. S. courcyanum	+	-	-
22. S.indicum	+	-	+
23. Lygosoma punctata	-	+	+
24. Mabuya carinata	-	+	+
25. M. multifasciata	+	-	+
26. M. macularia macularia	+	-	+
27. Mabuya. sp.	+	-	-
28. Tropidophorus assamensis	-	-	+
V. VARANIDAE
29. Varanus bengalensis	+	+	+
30. V. salvator	+	-	-

+ = recorded; - = not recorded

Table 2. Mensural (in mm) and meristic measurements of three new lizards for Mizoram

	Species	Museum No.	SVL	TL	HL	HW	SNL	IOD	MSR
1	Calotes maria	MZU/ZOO/R-034	80.7	287.63	19.5	15.64	10.85	9.45	53-55
2	Ophisaurus gracilis	MZU/ZOO/R-035	183.61	242.25	18.53	12.94	6.5	6.8	26
3	O. gracilis	MZU/ZOO/R-036	206	103.14	19.68	15.24	7.5	7.82	26
4	O. gracilis	MZU/ZOO/R-037	183.57	117.25	18.56	14.08	7	7.3	26
5	Calotes mystaceus	MZU/ZOO/R-038	119.82	215	25.54	24.62	14.12	15.12	53-54
6	C. mystaceus	MZU/ZOO/R-039	97.86	176.23	22.12	19.86	12.85	13.54	50-52
7	C. mystaceus	MZU/ZOO/R-040	101.24	86*	21.62	19	12.5	12.64	51-54
8	C. mystaceus	MZU/ZOO/R-041	138.6	199.53	29.38	25.44	13.8	14.18	49-53

SVL – Snout-vent length; TL – Tail length; HL – Head length; HW – Head width;

SNL – Snout length; IOD – Interorbital distance; MSR – Midbody scale rows; * - Tail broken around mid-portion.