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warm end30 °C

cool end24–26 °C

Humidity60–70 %

Enclosure30×60×120

The numbers

Thermal gradient

152025303540 °C

24–26°Cool side

30°Warm side

A real gradient, 30°C warm against 24–26°C cool, so the animal chooses. The sheet states no separate night figure.

Why

Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet stateswarm 30 °C / cool 24-26 °C

Humidity

60–70%Target RH

The sheet states60-70 %

Identity

Morphs

5 morphs, with how each one is inherited.

AlbinoRecessiveSuper form: —

BatikCo-dominantSuper form: —

GoldeneyeCo-dominantSuper form: Ivory

Ivory (super)Co-dominantSuper of Matrix/GoldeneyeSuper form: (super)

MatrixCo-dominantSuper form: Ivory

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

warm side

50100150200 cm

30 × 60 × 120 cmWidth × depth × height

18dm² of floor

Substrate: not in our dataWater: not in our dataHides: not in our dataUVB: not in our data

Drawn from the stated numbers. Only what the sheet states is drawn inside.

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 states1' x 2' x 4' a 2' x 3' x 6' (env. 30 x 60 x 120 cm a 60 x 90 x 180 cm)

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

Common questions

It looks short. How big is it really?

Short but massive. It stays under two metres yet becomes extremely thick and heavy, so it needs floor space rather than height.

I have heard they are bad tempered. Is that still true?

That reputation came from imported wild adults years ago. Today's captive-bred ones are usually calm, though they can be grumpy while shedding.

What does the enclosure need?

A wide low enclosure, a hide at each end, a big water bowl, a humid environment for clean sheds, and a warm zone run on a thermostat.

How often does it eat?

An adult eats a rat roughly every two weeks. They put on fat easily, so slow steady feeding is much better than big frequent meals.

What it needs

Enclosure at least 30 × 60 × 120 cmbecause enclosure — 1' x 2' x 4' a 2' x 3' x 6' (env. 30 x 60 x 120 cm a 60 x 90 x 180 cm)

A heat sourcebecause temp — warm 30 °C / cool 24-26 °C

A thermostat to regulate itbecause temp — warm 30 °C / cool 24-26 °C

A thermometerbecause temp — warm 30 °C / cool 24-26 °C

A hygrometerbecause humidity — 60-70 %

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation.

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What this sheet states

54%

TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

This sheet states 3 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: day/night engine and awake count on the globe, its place on the globe, the diet section, the sheet citing where it comes from. 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.