Ota's bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus otai) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Vietnam.
Etymology The specific name, otai, is in honor of Japanese herpetologist Hidetoshi Ota.
Geographic range C. otai is found in northwestern Vietnam, in Hòa Bình Province and Sơn La Province.
Habitat The preferred natural habitats of C. otai are forest and rocky areas, at altitudes of .
Description Medium-sized for its genus, C. otai may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of .
Reproduction C. otai is oviparous. Clutch size is two eggs. Each egg measures on average 14 mm x 9 mm (0.55 in x 0.35 in).
References
Further reading Nguyen TQ, Le MD, Pham AV, Ngo HN, Hoang CV, Pham CT, Ziegler T (2015). "Two new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the karst forest of Hòa Bình Province, Vietnam". Zootaxa 3985 (3): 375–390. (Cyrtodactylus otai, new species). Nguyen TQ, Pham AV, Ziegler T, Ngo HT, Le MD (2017). "A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) and the first record of C. otai from Sơn La Province, Vietnam". Zootaxa 4341 (1): 25–40.