Juvenile leopard geckos are generally best housed individually rather than grouped, since even same-age juveniles can compete over food and space
Group housing juveniles increases the risk of one gecko outcompeting others for food and basking space, or of early aggression, so individual rearing tends to produce more even growth and fewer injuries.
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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.