Cyclemys pulchristriata
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The eastern black-bridged leaf turtle (Cyclemys pulchristiata) is a species of Asian leaf turtles found in southern Indochina. In this species, the carapace is reddish brown, ovoid to elongated, with wide, radiating, black lines or large, black specks. The plastron is mostly yellow and may have short, fat lines, specks, or be uniformly colored. The head is speckled, with a yellow throat. The neck is striped. Hatchlings have wide head and neck stripes and yellow plastrons. The bridge is predominantly yellow with black stripes or entirely black. It is mostly morphologically indistinguishable from the western black-bridged leaf turtle, C. atripons, requiring genetic sampling to confidently identify. Some authorities consider this species to be a junior synonym to or a subspecies of C. atripons.
It is found in eastern Cambodia and in southern and central Vietnam. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Vietnamese Leaf Turtle sighting in Cat Tien National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 43rd most-seen of the 45 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and September
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Vietnamese Leaf Turtle in Cat Tien National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, April, July–August and October–November, the lowest months. Those are among Cat Tien National Park's wettest months, with about 340 mm of rain a month against 15 mm in February.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Vietnamese Leaf Turtle sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
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 Vietnamese Leaf Turtle sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Vietnamese Leaf Turtle is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Cat Tien National Park (7 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.
