Leopard gecko hearing is most sensitive to relatively low-frequency sounds rather than a broad high-frequency range
Their auditory sensitivity is tuned toward frequencies useful for detecting nearby movement and other geckos rather than the wide high-frequency range found in some mammals, relevant context for keepers wondering how much household noise a gecko actually perceives.
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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.