And by best friend, I mean creature that I will introduce into children’s nightmares. I kid, sort of.

From MSNBC:
“A Cat Ba leopard gecko has a technicolor pattern along its body and was found on Cat Ba Island in northern Vietnam. Named Goniurosaurus catbaensis, it has large, orange-brown catlike eyes with long and thin legs, digits and claws.”

See more new species discovered in the Mekong Valley here