Leopard geckos often key in on movement and vibration from prey rather than relying primarily on sight to detect food
This is part of why wiggling tongs slightly when hand-feeding, or letting live feeders move naturally in a shallow dish, tends to trigger a stronger feeding response than motionless food.
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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.