Adult male leopard geckos will fight if housed together and should never share an enclosure
Males are territorial toward other males and fights can cause serious injuries including tail loss, bite wounds, and lasting stress. Females can sometimes cohabit peacefully but should still be watched closely and separated at feeding time or any sign of aggression.
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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.