title: Mingtao's gecko
text: # Mingtao's gecko
  
  Mingtao's gecko (Gekko taibaiensis) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to China.
  
  ## Geographic range
  
  G. taibaiensis is known only from Taibai County in Shaanxi Province, China.
  
  ## Habitat
  
  The holotype, allotype, and 25 paratypes of G. taibaiensis were all collected at an altitude of 950 m (3,120 ft).
  
  ## Description
  
  G. taibaiensis resembles G. japonicus and G. swinhonis. However, G. taibaiensis has fewer preanal pores, only 4–6, which are interruptedly arranged.
  
  ## Reproduction
  
  G. taibaiensis is oviparous.
  
  