Skin often looks slightly duller or greyish in the day or two before a shed begins
This temporary dulling is caused by fluid building up under the old skin layer to loosen it and is a normal precursor to shedding rather than a sign of poor health, typically resolving once the shed is complete.
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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.