Cyrtodactylus cattienensis
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
Cyrtodactylus cattienensis, or the Cattien bent-toed gecko, is a gecko endemic to southern Vietnam. It is known from the Đồng Nai and Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu provinces. Its type locality is within the Cát Tiên National Park, and the species was named after the park.
It is small in size, with a maximum snout–vent length (SVL) of 69 mm (2.7 in). A neck band is present, extending to the posterior margin of the eye; its trunk, tail and limbs bear irregularly-shaped bands: 4–6 light bands on trunk and 4–12 white bands on tail; it has 16–22 irregular longitudinal rows of dorsal tubercles. Its lateral folds are weakly developed or absent, without enlarged tubercles. Males have 6–8 precloacal pores in angular continuous series and there is a patch of enlarged precloacal scales present in both sexes. Males are on average smaller (55 mm SVL) than females (61 mm SVL).
Cyrtodactylus cattienensis inhabits lowland seasonal tropical forest. Most individuals were found on large leaves of scrub vegetation and young trees some 1 m above ground. Some specimens were also found during the day, under volcanic rocks or below the bark of rotten trees.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Cattien Bent-toed Gecko sighting in Cat Tien National Park on a given day, based on 97 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 5th most-seen of the 45 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Cattien Bent-toed Gecko in Cat Tien National Park on a given day, against about 10% in October, the lowest month. That is one of Cat Tien National Park's wettest months, with about 340 mm of rain against 15 mm in February.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cattien Bent-toed Gecko sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Cat Tien National Park, in our data
Cat Tien National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Cattien Bent-toed Gecko sightings: about 50% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Gekkonidae
The closest relatives of the Cattien Bent-toed Gecko that you can see in Cat Tien National Park (family Gekkonidae, Typical Geckos) are Tokay Gecko (about 60%), Flat-tailed House Gecko (about 50%) and Common House Gecko (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cattien Bent-toed Gecko is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Cat Tien National Park (97 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
