Diagnostic Features:
- Size: Medium. SVL: 58.6-76.8 mm.
- Tail Length: 65.3-85.0 mm.
- Body: Slender. Limbs and digits not particularly long. Tail relatively slender, longer than the body.
- Dorsal Coloration: Pale yellow to pale brown (specimens in preservative: pale beige to brown) with indistinct transverse bands formed by slightly rounded to irregularly rectangular dark brown spots and blotches.
- Nape Markings: A narrow, dark U-shaped band (may be interrupted medially) extending from behind the ears towards the eyes.
- Head Markings: Dorsal surface of the head with several irregular dark spots.
- Dorsal Bands: Dark bands on the back bordered by white.
- Tail Markings: Tail with 8-11 dark transverse bands, fading ventrally.
- Submental Scales: Two pairs of large submental scales; the second pair approximately half the size of the first.
- Rostral: Rounded, bordered by the prenasal, mental scale, first supralabial, and three (rarely four) small postnasal scales.
- Dorsal Tubercles: Large, pointed, and heavily keratinized, arranged in 20-24 irregular longitudinal rows.
- Lateral Folds: Lateral folds poorly developed.
- Ventral Scales: 36-46 ventral scales between the lateral folds.
- Subcaudal Scales: 164-205 scales from the submental scales to the cloaca.
- Precloacal Pores: 7-11 precloacal pores arranged in an inverted V-shaped band in males.
- Precloacal and Femoral Pores: Absent.
- Subcaudal Scales: Subcaudal scales uniform, not expanded into transverse plates, larger than the lateral caudal scales.
- Subdigital Lamellae: Average of 15.9 subdigital lamellae under the fourth toe of the forefoot and 18.3 under the fourth toe of the hind foot.
Biology and Ecology:
- Activity: Nocturnal, found near streams, in forest floor vegetation and on the trunks of large trees, active only at night.
- Diet: Insectivorous, feeding on insects found in the area.
- Reproduction: Lays 2 eggs in pockets and crevices of tree bark at the beginning of the rainy season each year.
- Etymology: The species name is derived from the discovery location.
Distribution:
- Endemic to Vietnam, newly discovered in Binh Phuoc Province (Bu Gia Map National Park).
- Location: Found on the slopes around streams in the Dakka Stream area, Binh Phuoc Province.