The leopard gecko can be found in the MidEast and the northeastern portion of Africa. In those areas, the leopard gecko lives under big rocks or in an area that can keep the leopard gecko very warm and away from the rain. In the classroom, the leopard gecko has a fairly large cage with rocks and shells to hide under or climb on. It has sand-like rocks on the bottom, food and a water bowl.
After school, the "animal feeders" feed the leopard geckos mealworms and crickets. In the wild, the leopard gecko eats crickets, worms, grasshoppers, and other small bugs. Some predators of the leopard gecko are mainly the night-eaters such as the owl or a large snake. Some other animals that hunt the leopard gecko are the eagle and monitors.
The leopard gecko begins it's life as an egg, then it hatches. It stays around it's egg for about an hour, then goes off to a warm climate and mates in about ten months to a year. The leopard gecko usually lives by itself. The gecko usually has 3-4 eggs in a batch.
Some other interesting facts about the leopard gecko are that it doesn't
grow too fast and as it gets older, it becomes a whole lot crankier (according
to some).
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