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Mingtao's gecko

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Mingtao's gecko
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Gekko
Species:
G. taibaiensis
Binomial name
Gekko taibaiensis
Song, 1985

Mingtao's gecko (Gekko taibaiensis) is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to China.

Geographic range

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G. taibaiensis is known only from Taibai County in Shaanxi Province, China.[1]

Habitat

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The holotype, allotype, and 25 paratypes of G. taibaiensis were all collected at an altitude of 950 m (3,120 ft).[1][2]

Description

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G. taibaiensis resembles G. japonicus and G. swinhonis. However, G. taibaiensis has fewer preanal pores, only 4–6, which are interruptedly arranged.[2]

Reproduction

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G. taibaiensis is oviparous.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Gekko taibaiensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 15 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b Song (1985).

Further reading

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  • Song Mingtao (1985). "A new species of Gekko from Shaanxi". Acta Herpetologica Sinica 4: 329–330. (Gekko taibaiensis, new species). (in Chineses and English).