Many keepers retrofit UVB lighting into enclosures originally set up without it, rather than only planning it from the start
Because UVB guidance for the species has shifted over time toward recommending it, adding a suitable low-output T5 fixture to an existing enclosure is a common, straightforward husbandry upgrade rather than requiring a full rebuild.
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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.