page_title: Cát Tiên National Park
section_title: Reptiles
hierarchical_section_title: Cát Tiên National Park / Fauna / Reptiles
caption_attribution_description: English: Acanthosaura capra, Cat Tien National Park
context_page_description: Cát Tiên National Park is a national park located in the south of Vietnam, approximately 150 km north of Ho Chi Minh City. It has an area of about 720 km² and protects one of the largest areas of lowland tropical forests left in Vietnam.
context_section_description: The reptile list includes the following notable species:
  Siamese crocodile Crocodylus siamensis
  Vietnamese leaf turtle Cyclemys pulchristriata
  and two endemic species (illustrated):
  Cyrtodactylus cattienensis: the Cat Tien bent-toed gecko
  Oligodon cattienensis the Cat Tien kukri snake.
  Agamid lizards
  Indo-Chinese spiny lizard, green pricklenape Acanthosaura capra
  crowned spiny lizard Acanthosaura coronata
  Indo-Chinese tree agama Calotes bachae
  Indo-Chinese water dragon Physignathus cocincinus
  spotted gliding lizard Draco maculatus
  tockay Gekko gecko
  many-striped sun skink (and variants on the name) Eutropis (=Mabuya) multifasciata
  Indian forest skink Sphenomorphus indicus
  long-tailed lizard Takydromus sexlineatus
  water monitor Varanus salvator macromaculatus
  Snakes - 43 species recorded including:
  Pythonidae
  reticulated python Python reticulatus
  Colubridae
  oriental vine snake Ahaetulla prasina
  cat snakes: Boiga (4) spp.
  golden tree snake Chrysopelea ornata
  red-tailed racer Gonyosoma oxycephalum
  kukri snakes: Oligodon (5) spp. including O. cattienensis
  red-necked keelback Rhabdophis subminiatus
  Pareatidae: 2 spp. of slug-eating snakes (Pareas)
  Lamprophiidae: mock-viper Psammodynastes pulverulentus
  Elapidae
  banded krait Bungarus fasciatus
  Malayan krait (VN form) Bungarus candidus
  king cobra Ophiophagus hannah
  Indo-Chinese spitting cobra Naja siamensis
  Viperidae
  ruby-eyed green pit viper Trimeresurus rubeus
caption: Green pricklenape
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