Where Do Wild Leopard Geckos Live? Although leopard geckos are now living in homes on nearly every continent, their native habitat is actually a fairly small region tucked away in the Middle East.

As pets, leopard geckos feed on crickets (usually coated with a nutritional powder) and astonishingly named pinkies — tiny little baby mice.

Meet the leopard gecko. “They are mainly a terrestrial species of gecko that is native to Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan. They’re super cool and really manageable,” said Adam Riggs, known as ...