The leaf-toed gecko mainly occurs on rocky hillsides and canyons in desert habitats, marginally in mixed chaparral. Leaf-toed geckos feed on beetles, spiders, moths, flies, termites, ants, and occasionally insect larvae.
Geckos are excellent climbers.
Prefers rocky outcrops and boulders. Clutch size is 1-2 eggs. The systematics and distribution of lizards of the genus Phyllodactylus in North and Central America. New Mexico State Univ. Dixon, J. R. 1969.