Leopard gecko morphs are inherited as recessive, dominant, or incompletely dominant/co-dominant traits depending on the specific gene
This is why breeding outcomes vary so widely between morph combinations, and why predicting offspring appearance requires knowing the specific inheritance pattern of each trait involved.
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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.