A doctor in China removed a live gecko from a man's ear.

The footage, which was filmed in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province on August 2017, shows the doctor who removed the lizard putting the reptile in a plastic bag.

According to local reports, the patient went to hospital after he woke up and felt something moving around in his ear.

To avoid the gecko crawling further into the patient's ear, the doctor anaesthetized it and then used long pliers to remove it.

A scary video has emerged from China of a doctor taking out a live gecko from a man's ear.

The footage, filmed in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province on August 15 2017, shows an anaesthetic live gecko taken out of a man's ear being put in a plastic bag.

According to local reports, the man felt that something alive climbed into his ear when he was sleeping, so he went to the hospital.

To avoid the gecko climbed into the ear more, the doctor narcotised it first and then used pliers to remove it.

After five minutes, the gecko was removed successfully.