Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Leopard gecko

Eublepharis macularius

Description:

Unlike most geckos, Leopard geckos possess eyelids. These Geckos are solitary, and do not usually live with other animals. Leopard geckos are typically small in size. Hatchlings tend to be 6.5 to 8.4 cm (2.6 to 3.3 inches) in length and weighing about 3 grams while the adult geckos are about 20.5 to 27.5 cm (8.1 to 10.9 inches) in length and weigh about 45 to 65 grams.

Habitat:

This is a nocturnal ground-dwelling gecko naturally found in the deserts of Southern Central Asia, from the southern parts of Afghanistan, throughout Pakistan, to the northwestern parts of India.

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

No Comments

CaloyQuintos
Spotted by
CaloyQuintos

Romblon, Philippines

Spotted on Sep 13, 2011
Submitted on Sep 13, 2011

Related Spottings

Leopard gecko Leopard Gecko (female) Leopard Gecko Leopard Gecko

Nearby Spottings

Spotting common grass
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team