Leopard geckos do not have cheek pouches for storing food, unlike some other animals — prey is swallowed shortly after capture
Because there is no storage pouch, larger prey items are manipulated and repositioned in the jaws before being swallowed whole, which is part of why appropriately sized feeders matter for safe swallowing.
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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.