Golden-spotted · care and husbandry guide

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warm end40–45 °C

Humidity70–90 %

Enclosure120×90×180

The numbers

Temperature

152025303540 °C

28–30°Ambient

23–25°Night

40–45°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, 28–30°C, dropping to 23–25°C at night. Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet statesbasking 40-45 C / ambient 28-30 C / night 23-25 C

Humidity

70–90%Target RH

The sheet states70-90%

UVB

RequiredUVI 2–3

The sheet statesFerguson 2-3 (UVI 2.0-3.0)

Diet

insects, small rodents, eggs

Identity

Family / Order

Varanidae / Squamata

Origin

Indonesia (West Irian)

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

UVB tube

50100150200 cm

120 × 90 × 180 cmWidth × depth × height

108dm² 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. 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 statestall minimum 120 x 90 x 180 cm planted

Temperature

basking 40-45 C / ambient 28-30 C / night 23-25 C

Humidity

70-90%

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

Enclosure at least 120 × 90 × 180 cmbecause enclosure — tall minimum 120 x 90 x 180 cm planted

A heat sourcebecause temp — basking 40-45 C / ambient 28-30 C / night 23-25 C

A thermostat to regulate itbecause temp — basking 40-45 C / ambient 28-30 C / night 23-25 C

A thermometerbecause temp — basking 40-45 C / ambient 28-30 C / night 23-25 C

A way to check the night figurebecause temp — basking 40-45 C / ambient 28-30 C / night 23-25 C

A hygrometerbecause humidity — 70-90%

UVB, stated as requiredbecause uvb — Ferguson 2-3 (UVI 2.0-3.0)

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

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.