Brachysaura minor  (Hardwicke and Gray, 1827) Lesser Agama	Diagnostic characters:
	Dorsal scales large, strongly imbricate and keeled, pointing backward and upward, ventral scales smaller than dorsal and more or less keeled; Upper head scales large, unequal, strongly keeled or tubercular. Dorsal colour olive-brown with 3 rows of dark-brown light edged spots on the back and base of the tail; the spots of middle row are most prominent and rhomboidal; a white streak on each side of the neck bifurcating behind and an oblique one from the eye to the angle of mouth; limbs with dark-brown cross bars; throat profusely spotted with dark-brown and orange; belly yellowish-white with numerous orange dots. SVL: 80-92 mm.
	Habit and Habitat:
	A ground dwelling lizard. Lives in the holes in the ground; generally found sitting on stones, but can climb up to a metre on vegetation. Crepuscular and nocturnal in habits and sluggish in movements, often not attempting to escape when approached
	Diet:
	Feeds on grasshoppers and their nymphs, earwigs, beetles, bugs, arthropods and spiders
	Legal Protection:
	WL (P) A, 1972- None.
	Conservation status and Threats:
	Endangered. Uncommon. Loss of habitat.
	Distribution:Madhya Pradesh: Jabalpur,Ratlam, Sagar and Shajapur. Elsewhere in India: Eastern Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa. Elsewhere outside: Pakistan.