Leopard geckos should never be housed with other reptile species, even other gecko species
Different species have different environmental needs, can carry pathogens the other species has no resistance to, and may see each other as competitors or prey. Mixed-species cohabitation is a significant and avoidable welfare and health risk.
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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.