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Scincidae

Green tree skink

Lamprolepis smaragdinaจิ้งเหลนเขียวมรกต

Photograph: rjtizard · CC BY

Photographed by an observer on iNaturalist and published under a Creative Commons licence; the photographer and the licence are named under the image. It is not an animal of ours, and no animal was handled by us to produce it.

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Day

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warm end35 °C
cool end24–29 °C
Humidity70 %
Enclosure45×45×90

The numbers

Thermal gradient

152025303540 °C
24–29°Cool side
35°Warm side
20–25°Night

Day: a real gradient, 35°C warm against 24–29°C cool, so the animal chooses. Night: 20–25°C.

Why

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

The sheet stateswarm 35 °C / cool 24-29 °C / night 20-25 °C

Humidity

70%Target RH

The sheet statesEmerald Tree Skink Humidity Requirements Emerald tree skinks do best in a high-humidity environment, with a daytime average humidity around 70% , and nighttime humidity levels spiking up to 100%.

UVB

OptionalUVI 2–3

The sheet statesIt is strongly recommended to use a Solarmeter 6.5 to determine the best placement to achieve a UVI of around 2.0 – 3.0 in the basking area.) General Illumination A UVB bulb alone isn’t bright enough to meet an emerald tree skink’s light needs.

Diet
One meal should consist of as many insects as your skink will eat via feeding tweezers in 5 minutes.

Identity

Family / Order
Scincidae / Squamata
Origin

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

45 cm90 cm
warm sideUVB tube
50100150200 cm
45 × 45 × 90 cmWidth × depth × height
20dm² of floor
Substrate: not in our dataWater: 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 statesminimum 18 x 18 x 36 in / 45 x 45 x 90 cm for one adult; taller preferred

Temperature
warm 35 °C / cool 24–29 °C / night 20–25 °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

Enclosure at least 45 × 45 × 90 cmbecause enclosure — minimum 18 x 18 x 36 in / 45 x 45 x 90 cm for one adult; taller preferred
A heat sourcebecause temp — warm 35 °C / cool 24-29 °C / night 20-25 °C
A thermostat to regulate itbecause temp — warm 35 °C / cool 24-29 °C / night 20-25 °C
A thermometerbecause temp — warm 35 °C / cool 24-29 °C / night 20-25 °C
A way to check the night figurebecause temp — warm 35 °C / cool 24-29 °C / night 20-25 °C
A hygrometerbecause humidity — Emerald Tree Skink Humidity Requirements Emerald tree skinks do best in a high-humidity environment, with a daytime average humidity around 70% , and nighttime humidity levels spiking up to 100%.
UVB, stated as beneficial rather than requiredbecause uvb — It is strongly recommended to use a Solarmeter 6.5 to determine the best placement to achieve a UVI of around 2.0 - 3.0 in the basking area.) General Illumination A UVB bulb alone isn’t bright enough to meet an emerald tree skink’s light needs.

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

Sources

reptifiles.com — lu le 2026-08-09reptile-database.reptarium.cz — lu le 2026-08-11

Others in this group

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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.