Hatchlings use a temporary egg tooth to cut their way out of the shell
This small, hardened projection on the snout, called a caruncle, lets a hatchling saw through the leathery eggshell from the inside. It falls away or is reabsorbed within the first days after hatching and plays no further role in the gecko's life.
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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.