Adult male leopard geckos have a row of preanal pores, not femoral pores running down the thighs
Femoral pores continue along the underside of the thigh in many lizard species, but in leopard geckos the pore row sits only just in front of the vent. This distinction is commonly mislabelled in casual keeper discussions.
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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.