Genetic tests are commercially available to confirm certain leopard gecko morph traits, such as Eclipse or specific albino lines
Because some morph genes can be difficult to confirm visually in young or heterozygous animals, breeders increasingly use DNA-based tests for select traits to plan pairings with more certainty than pattern and colour alone can provide.
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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.