Identifying Characteristics:
- Medium size.
- Maximum recorded SVL (snout-vent length) approximately 86.3 mm.
- Slender body, with relatively short limbs and digits.
- Tail slender, slightly longer than the body.
- Dorsum (back) pale yellow with 4-5 irregular, dark transverse bands that are paler-edged.
- Limbs with irregular dark transverse bands.
- A very distinct band on the neck.
- Tail with 7-9 dark, transverse bands that become lighter towards the underside.
- Two large pairs of postmental scales; the second pair approximately half the size of the first.
- Rounded snout, bordered by the prenasal scale, rostral scale, first supralabial, and 2-3 small postnasal scales.
- Dorsal tubercles (small bumps) large, flat, somewhat rounded, smooth to slightly keeled, arranged in 18-24 irregular longitudinal rows.
- Weakly developed lateral folds, with large tubercles.
- 38-43 ventral scales between the lateral folds.
- 166-198 scales from the postmental scales to the vent.
- 4-6 precloacal pores arranged in an inverted V-shaped band in males.
- No precloacal groove.
- 8-10 enlarged femoral scales, lacking pores.
- Small spines posterior to the vent.
- Subcaudal scales not enlarged.
- 15-20 lamellae (skin folds) beneath the fourth toe of the forefoot.
- 18-23 lamellae beneath the fourth toe of the hindfoot.
Biology and Ecology:
- Nocturnal reptile species.
- Found in riparian (streamside) habitats, primarily on large trees, and active only at night.
- Currently the highest-altitude gecko species found in Vietnam.
- Feeds on insects found in the area.
- Lays 2 eggs in cavities or cracks in tree bark at the beginning of the rainy season each year.
- The species name is derived from the location of its discovery.
Distribution:
- Endemic to Vietnam, recently discovered in Lâm Đồng Province (Bidoup – Nui Ba National Park).
- Found on the slopes of Mount Bi Dup, near streams within Bidoup – Nui Ba National Park, Lâm Đồng Province.