Minor skin injuries in leopard geckos typically heal without permanent scarring, aided by their regular shedding cycle
Because shedding regularly replaces the outer skin layer, small cuts or abrasions that don't damage deeper tissue often heal cleanly over successive sheds, unlike the more visible permanent scarring seen after major injuries like tail loss.
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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.