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warm end32–35 °C

Humidity40–50 %

Enclosure120×60

The numbers

Temperature

152025303540 °C

26–29°Ambient

22–24°Night

32–35°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, 26–29°C, dropping to 22–24°C at night. Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet statesbasking 32-35 °C / ambient 26-29 °C / night 22-24 °C

Humidity

40–50%Target RH

The sheet states40-50%

UVB

RequiredUVI 1–2

The sheet stateslow-moderate (UVI 1-2)

Diet

rodents, lizards

Identity

Origin

Morocco, Western Sahara, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Chad, Israel, Sinai, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Qatar, SW Iran, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

50100150200 cm

120 × 60 cmWidth × depth

72dm² 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≥120×60 cm arid, secure

Temperature

basking 32-35 °C / ambient 26-29 °C / night 22-24 °C

Humidity

40-50%

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 32-35 °C / ambient 26-29 °C / night 22-24 °C

A thermostat to regulate itbecause temp — basking 32-35 °C / ambient 26-29 °C / night 22-24 °C

A thermometerbecause temp — basking 32-35 °C / ambient 26-29 °C / night 22-24 °C

A way to check the night figurebecause temp — basking 32-35 °C / ambient 26-29 °C / night 22-24 °C

A hygrometerbecause humidity — 40-50%

UVB, stated as requiredbecause uvb — low-moderate (UVI 1-2)

Not stated: The size of the enclosurethis sheet describes the enclosure without a figure: « ≥120×60 cm arid, secure »

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.