Wild leopard gecko populations are assessed by the IUCN as Least Concern, though localised habitat pressures exist
While the species as a whole isn't considered globally threatened, localised populations can face pressure from habitat disturbance — a pressure largely superseded today by widespread, long-established captive breeding rather than wild collection.
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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.