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warm end33–38 °C

Humidity50–70 %

Enclosure90×45

The numbers

Temperature

152025303540 °C

26–30°Ambient

20–23°Night

33–38°CBasking surfaceMeasured on the surface under the lamp, not in the air. It is not drawn on the rail above: that scale is the air the enclosure holds, and a basking surface sits far outside it.

One ambient band, 26–30°C, dropping to 20–23°C at night. Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet statesbasking 33-38 °C / ambient 26-30 °C / night 20-23 °C

Humidity

50–70%Target RH

The sheet states50-70%

UVB

RequiredUVI 2.5–3.5

The sheet statesFerguson 3 (UVI 2.5-3.5)

Diet

omnivore: insects + fruit

Identity

Family / Order

Gerrhosauridae / Squamata

Origin

Madagascar

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

50100150200 cm

90 × 45 cmWidth × depth

41dm² of floor

Substrate: not in our dataWater: not in our dataWarm side: not in our dataHides: not in our data

Drawn from the stated numbers. Seen from above: the sheet gives a footprint and no height.

Why

The rectangle carries the exact width-to-height ratio of the figures above it, and the ruler under it places that width on the 0–250 cm scale every sheet here shares, so two species still compare at a glance. Nothing is added that the sheet does not name: a lamp drawn on a sheet that never mentions one would be invented equipment. What the sheet leaves out is listed rather than left blank, because an empty tank reads as « none needed ».

The sheet states≥90×45 cm, hides + basking

Temperature

basking 33-38 °C / ambient 26-30 °C / night 20-23 °C

Humidity

50-70%

What your climate adds

This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.

Nearest city

What it needs

A heat sourcebecause temp — basking 33-38 °C / ambient 26-30 °C / night 20-23 °C

A thermostat to regulate itbecause temp — basking 33-38 °C / ambient 26-30 °C / night 20-23 °C

A thermometerbecause temp — basking 33-38 °C / ambient 26-30 °C / night 20-23 °C

A way to check the night figurebecause temp — basking 33-38 °C / ambient 26-30 °C / night 20-23 °C

A hygrometerbecause humidity — 50-70%

UVB, stated as requiredbecause uvb — Ferguson 3 (UVI 2.5-3.5)

Not stated: The size of the enclosurethis sheet describes the enclosure without a figure: « ≥90×45 cm, hides + basking »

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation. What the sheet does not state is listed too, rather than left out: a kit that looks complete is worse than one that names its gap.

Sources

Range as recorded in the EPS reference workbook, read 2026-08-09 reptile-database.reptarium.cz — lu le

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What this sheet states

77%

TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

This sheet states 5 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: day/night engine and awake count on the globe, the diet section. We show the gap rather than fill it with a plausible number.

UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.