A digital infrared thermometer or probe thermometer gives a far more reliable temperature reading than judging warmth by hand or relying solely on a stick-on analog dial
Analog dial thermometers are frequently inaccurate. Checking actual surface temperatures at gecko level with a reliable digital thermometer or probe helps confirm the thermal gradient is correct rather than assumed.
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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.