Female leopard geckos can store viable sperm for several months and lay multiple fertile clutches from a single mating
This reproductive trait means a female housed briefly with a male, or previously mated before sale, can continue producing fertile eggs long after separation, which matters for anyone assuming an unmated female cannot lay fertile eggs.
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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.