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Buthidae

Indian Red

Hottentotta tamulus

Traceable. The figures above appear in the page we cite, which we opened on 10 Aug 2026. That means you can check them, not that we have confirmed they are right. macrobuthus.info

Photograph: Teja Yantrapalli · CC BY

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Temperature27–32 °C
Humidity45 %

The numbers

Temperature

152025303540 °C
27–32°Cool side
Warm side: not in our data

The cool side, 27–32°C. This sheet states the cool side only. It gives no warm side or basking figure, so the hot end is not in our data. Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet statescool 27-32 °C

Humidity

45%Target RH

The sheet statesSand Exo Terra Stone Desert 80:20 Sand:Coco Fibre/Arid Soil Temperature and Humidity - Temperature should be 27°C - 32°C/81°F - 90°F Humidity should be ~45%.

Diet
Substrate - 4" Deep, they are mainly a fossorial species (likes to hide on the surface underneath objects) however they can burrow if they feel like it.; 2i - Feed small pre-killed prey item such as a mealworm.

Identity

Family / Order
Buthidae / Scorpiones
Origin

Enclosure and conditions

Temperature
cool 27–32 °C

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.

What it needs

A thermometerbecause temp — cool 27-32 °C
A hygrometerbecause humidity — Sand Exo Terra Stone Desert 80:20 Sand:Coco Fibre/Arid Soil Temperature and Humidity - Temperature should be 27°C - 32°C/81°F - 90°F Humidity should be ~45%.
Not stated: The heat sourcethis sheet names only the cool side: « cool 27-32 °C »
Not stated: The size of the enclosurethis sheet states no size

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

macrobuthus.info — lu le 2026-08-09GBIF distribution (checklist range) — read 2026-08-09

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What this sheet states

62%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

This sheet states 4 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: enclosure size audit, 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.