Science Animal Evolution

   Leopard Gecko
 Scientific Name: Eublepharis macularius

Higher Classification: Eublepharis

Rank: Species

Did you Know: Unlike most geckos Leopard geckos have eyelids, allowing them to blink and sleep with their eyes closed.

Evolution:

The changes can start to show pretty quickly, like the patterns on the snow and the bold. The snows can start to get some spotting right after the first shed. The bolds often go through some changes around the stripe and the intensity of the head pattern can sometimes be seen fairly quickly. The bold striped Halloween mask below is only a few weeks old and its head was nearly solid black when it hatched. The stripes on the side were also solid black. In some cases, like when you are watching the colors come in the evolution can take some time. That is what we’ve seen with our sunglows, tangerines, and especially the tangerine amel fat tails. The color of the amels here will change significantly from the time they hatch until adulthood. The smallest fat tail gecko below is only a few days old, the middle fat tail gecko is a little over a month old, and the larger fat tail gecko is one we hatched last year. All three are white sock tangerine amel fat tail geckos.