Tolerance for frequent handling varies considerably between individual geckos, independent of morph or sex
Some leopard geckos settle into regular handling with minimal stress signs, while others remain more defensive or flighty long-term. Reading an individual gecko's own responses is more reliable than assuming a fixed handling tolerance for the species as a whole.
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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.