AnimalsDesert
Leopard gecko Fun facts for kids
Eublepharis macularius
The leopard gecko lives in rocky deserts in Asia and eats insects, mostly crickets and beetles.
- Where it lives
- in rocky deserts in Asia
- What it eats
- insects, mostly crickets and beetles
- How big it is
- about as long as a pencil
Fun facts about the leopard gecko
The ones Sammy likes best. She tells them in the game, too.
It licks its own eyes with its tongue to keep them clean.
If something grabs it, it can drop its tail, and the tail keeps wiggling all by itself!
Every few weeks it wriggles out of its old skin, and then it usually eats it!
Most geckos can't blink, but the leopard gecko has real eyelids and can close its eyes.
When it gets scared or grumpy, it can chirp, squeak and even bark!
Its fat tail is like a lunchbox, storing food and water for hungry times.
Just before it pounces on a bug, it often wiggles its tail.
Babies have stripes, and as they grow up the stripes break into spots.
Riddle
Can a friend guess it?
Read the clues to someone, one at a time, without saying the animal. How many clues do they need? Fewer is better, just like in the game.
I live in the rocky deserts of Asia and hide under stones during the hot day.
Every few weeks I wriggle out of my old skin, and then I usually eat it.
I lick my own eyes clean, and unlike most of my cousins, I can blink.
My fat tail stores food and water, and if I drop it, it keeps wiggling.
I'm a small lizard and a popular pet, yellow with black spots like a big wild cat.
Sammy might be thinking of a leopard gecko.
In Thought Zoo, Sammy picks an animal and you ask her yes-or-no questions to find it. You'll find the leopard gecko in the Desert adventure.
Play the DesertComing to iPad, iPhone and Android on 12 January 2027
