Colour and pattern in leopard geckos are controlled by separate, sometimes independently inherited genetic traits
This is why morphs can combine colour-affecting genes and pattern-affecting genes in many different visual combinations, which is the basis for the large number of named morph combinations in the hobby.
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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.