INTRODUCTION 



Owing to a number of reasons the lizard fauna of Vietnam to now remains poorly studied. 

 The unpublished manuscript of R.Bourret (1942-1947) provided the foundation for subsequent 

 studies, but it is now considerably out of date. 



The present checklist includes all species recorded for Vietnam and described through 

 October 1993. Of the 97 recorded taxa, 11.3 % have been described in the last 10 years. 



The accompanying bibliography covers the period 1829-1993. Under each subject heading 

 is listed an author s name followed by the date for reference to a more complete citation in 

 the literature section at the end of the article. In the Species Index section the name in the 

 parentheses after author s name and date is the name used in the referenced paper. Subject 

 headings and explanations of the topics included under each are: 



Description: includes references containing any information about diagnosis, 

 anatomy, moiphology, descriptive material. 



Synonymy: includes references containing partial or complete synonymies. 

 Taxonomic names in parentheses are those used by the authors. 



Distribution: includes references containing any geographical information on 

 range, distribution, and coUecting sites. 



Habitat: includes references to habitat type and or any environmental factor 

 including altitude. 



Behaviour: includes references to general behaviour, activity, breeding, courtship, 

 feeding. 



Keys and synopses: includes references to partial or complete keys, and 

 checklists. 



ACKNOWLEGMENTS 



I thank Prof. I.S.Darevsky (Zoological Institute, Sankt-Petersburg), Prof. Dang Huy 

 Huynh (Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Ha Noi), and Dr. V.F.Orlova 

 (Zoological Museum, Moscow) for the loan of material. I am grateful to Dr. Nguyen Van 

 Sang and Mrs. Ho Thu Cue (Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Ha Noi) for 

 providing me with rare articles from Vietnamese libraries. Mr. M.Yu.Simonov (Soviet- 

 Vietnamese Tropical Centre, Ha Noi) translated all articles in Vietnamese. This work was 

 supported by "Cultural Initiative Foundation" (paSoxa 6bijia noauep^aHa OoHflOM 

 "KyjibTypnaa HHHUHaxHBa"). 



