A bioactive leopard gecko setup can maintain a slightly more humid microclimate at substrate level than a bare-bottom tile enclosure
Live plants, deeper substrate, and a cleanup crew naturally buffer humidity swings more than a simple tile floor, one reason bioactive keepers sometimes see less need for a separate humid hide, provided a moist refuge area is still available.
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Most active at dawn and dusk when temperatures in their native Pakistan and Afghanistan are ideal.
A widespread misconception is that the tail acts like a camel's hump storing water.
Autotomy — voluntary tail shedding — is a defence mechanism.
Unlike most gecko species which use van der Waals forces to climb smooth surfaces, leopard geckos have conventional claws.
The moveable eyelid is unusual among geckos.
Hold your gecko up to a light source and look through one ear opening — you can see light through the other side.