The species name Eublepharis macularius comes from Greek and Latin words meaning 'true eyelid' and 'spotted'
Eublepharis (Greek eu- 'true/good' + blepharon 'eyelid') refers to the family's movable eyelids, distinguishing it from most other gecko families. Macularius is Latin for 'spotted', describing the wild-type juvenile and adult pattern.
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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.