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Leopard Geckos: The Hottest and Coolest Pets!

Glad you’ve joined us here at leopardgecko-care.com. If you’re looking for the best information and tips on taking care of your Leopard Gecko, you’ve come to the right place!

In case you’re new to the these exotic lizards, let’s first introduce these stunningly awesome reptile pets which are becoming HOTTER in popularity as people expand their pet collection from ‘just’ dogs, cats, fishes, birds and hamsters.

Leopard geckos are small lizards named for their distinctive yellow and black coloring. With modern breeding, leopard geckos now come in many different colors (also known as morphs)

It’s easy to see why the leopard gecko is growing in popularity.

They’re well-tempered, easy to maintain and truly beautiful.

They come in an array of stunning colors and patterns and let’s face it, not everybody has one or has even heard of them.

The leopard gecko is part of the lizard family which mean they are cold-blooded, have four legs and are primarily insectivores (they eat insects).

When you first look at a Leopard Gecko, you might think they’re unfriendly and even perhaps a little bit scary.

Looks can be deceiving.

Generally they have super friendly, gentle temperaments which make them ideal pets for almost everyone including kids.

Leopard geckos are even known to be able to recognize their owners and approach them for some bonding moments.

Leopard gecko care is pretty easy and hugely enjoyable but you have to know what you’re doing. This website aims to provide leopard gecko care tips, including info on terrariums and habitat, baby leopard geckos, and even leopard gecko breeders and leopard gecko breeding diy tips.

So welcome and enjoy!!


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Leopard geckos in the news | Man caught smuggling pythons, leopard geckos and lizards taped to his body in Norway…

No way! Man caught smuggling pythons and lizards taped to his body in Norway
Los Angeles Times
Breilid then began searching the 22-year-old Norwegian and found 10 albino leopard geckos and 14 baby royal pythons. According to the Associated Press, and more »

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Cat Ba Leopard Gecko

Here’s the latest news on the new species of leopard gecko recently found: the Cat Ba leopard gecko (named after the Cat Ba National Park in Vietnam where it was found)

via Jamming Online by admin on 9/25/09
what the top blogs are buzzing on Cat Ba Leopard Gecko.


A Cat Ba leopard gecko ( Goniurosaurus catbaensis ). A Cat Ba leopard gecko, known by its scientific name Goniurosaurus catbaensis, is seen in Cat Ba Island National Park in northern Vietnam. This species was among 163 new species …

A Cat Ba leopard gecko – one of some 163 species discovered in the. Greater Mekong river region. Photograph: Thomas Ziegler/WWF/EPA. The world is reassuringly stranger than we thought: another fanged frog has hopped into view, …

The leopard gecko, Goniurosaurus catbaensis, turned up on Cat Ba island in northern Vietnam. It has large beautiful cat-like eyes, and leopard stripes along the length of its body. The scientist who found it, Lee Grismer from La Sierra …

Another unlikely discovery was the Cat Ba leopard gecko found on Cat Ba Island in northern Vietnam. Named Goniurosaurus catbaensis, it has large, orange-brown catlike eyes and leopard spots down the length of its yellowish brown body. …

A handout photo from WWF GMPO shows a Cat Ba leopard gecko found exclusively in Cat Ba Island National Park in northern Vietnam. Scientists discovered 163 new species in Southeast Asia’s Greater Mekong region last year, but all are at …

Another unusual discovery was the leopard gecko found on Cat Ba Island in northern Vietnam. Goniurosaurus catbaensis has large, orange-brown cat-like eyes, and leopard stripes down the length of its body. …

The leopard gecko, found on another Vietnamese island, has the colouring of a leopard and bizarre orange, cat-like eyes and spindly limbs. The Cat Ba leopard gecko was one of several new species found in the region. …

Along with the fanged frog and Cat Ba leopard gecko, the other new species include a tiger-striped pit viper, a tube-nosed bat named Murina harpioloides, and a bird given the strange name of Nonggang babbler. …

The Cat Ba leopard-patterened gecko (Goniurosaurus catbaensis) has orange eyes, spindly limbs and technicolour skin. And it has a Cockney accent. But seriously, a lot of things are going byebye. Some due to natural selection, …

The elusive Oligodon deuvei (left), a shy snake that has been spotted in Pursat province; the technicoloured, felinesque Cat Ba leopard gecko (centre) found in North Vietnam and Musa rubinea (right), a wild banana found exclusively on …

That’s it for today.

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Leopard gecko eating | meet a leopard gecko who had a (literally) long lunch and nearly paid the price

Wow, here’s a gutsy little leopard gecko.

The New Zealand Herald News are reporting that staff at Ti Point Reptile Park saw what appeared to be the back legs of a cricket sticking out of their leopard gecko’s mouth. They simply thought the gecko was finishing off his favorite food.

Then they took a closer look.

It turns out that the ravenous and adventurous gecko  had just devoured a large centipede and was having problems swallowing it. Staff considered removing it and decided it was best to wait a day to see if the gecko would digest her meal by herself. The gecko was 10 years old and in good health.

They next day, they discovered that the leopard gecko had regurgitated the centipede – in once piece. The centipede was 160 mm long, and the gecko was only 150 mm long!! Can you imagine eating something that is longer than you! She must have had a monster appetite!

The gecko was lucky to have got to the centipede first as the centipede was capable of killing a small lizard.

Since the gecko has poor eyesight and is quite primitive, maybe that’s the reasons she thought herself capable of devouring an animal longer than herself.

Mr Borich who works at the Reptile Park thinks that they are not the most intelligent creatures around:

“When you go in to feed them, they will go for your foot rather than the food you are bringing to them.”

Talk about literally biting off more than you can chew!!

An interesting story. Click here if you want to read the whole article including photos of the gecko and the sorry centipede.

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What is that weird noise? Leopard gecko care

Leopard geckos never seize to surprise. They can do the funniest things (have you ever seen a leopard gecko crawl upside down, Spiderman style at the top of his cage and then land a perfect sommersault?), and they can make the strangest noises.

If you ever hear a leo making a frog-like noise (I kid you not!), it’s usually because she’s unhappy in some way. Maybe you interrupted her flow, or she doesn’t like the way you poke her like that. It’s nothing to be scared about, but it is really quite strange when you hear it for the first time let me tell you!

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This chubby but cute Leopard Gecko eats a Butterworm | Video

Another leopard gecko pet video courtesy of the almighty YouTube. This one features a chubby nine month old leopard gecko. As the video poster says, she sure does love butter worms but they are one of the most expensive worms. She also loves silkworms, and phoenix worms. She feeds them as staples as it’s easier then crickets…but they can be a bit fattening as you can see from this video of a chubby, but that aside, pretty healthy and happy looking gecko



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BACK TO BASICS: WHY ARE THEY CALLED ‘LEOPARD’ GECKOS?


I’ve just been asked why they are called LEOPARD geckos.

That’s because the normal colors of a leopard gecko is a yellow base with black spots and splotches on the body and a white underside.

With breeding there are now tons of different colors and patterns available.

They’re not called leopard geckos because

~ they hunt and eat humans!
~ they are seven times stronger than human beings
~ after the 80’s hair band, Def Leppard
~ after Apple Mac’s Snow Leopard software

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