The eyelid gecko family Eublepharidae includes several genera beyond Eublepharis, such as the African fat-tailed geckos
Leopard geckos share family-level traits like moveable eyelids and claws instead of adhesive toe pads with related genera including African fat-tailed geckos, banded geckos, and cat geckos, all grouped together as the eyelid geckos.
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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.