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Phrynosomatidae

Emerald Swift

Sceloporus malachiticusกิ้งก่าหนามเขียวอเมริกากลางGreen Spiny

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. dubiaroaches.com

Photograph: Malo Ramírez · CC0

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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Temperature24–29 °C
Humidity60–80 %

The numbers

Temperature

152025303540 °C
24–29°Cool side
20°Night
Warm side: not in our data

The cool side, 24–29°C, dropping to 20°C at night. 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 24-29 °C / night 20 °C

Humidity

60–80%Target RH

The sheet statesBest humidity levels for emerald swifts: Emerald swifts are a tropical species, so the humidity inside their enclosure should be fairly high: 60-80%.

UVB

T5 6%required

The sheet statesThe best UVB bulbs for an emerald swift housed in a 36” x 18” x 18” enclosure are: Arcadia T5 HO 6%, 22” Zoo Med T5 HO Reptisun 5.0, 22” For best results, house the UVB bulbs in a reflective fixture.

Diet
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Identity

Family / Order
Phrynosomatidae / Squamata
Origin

Enclosure and conditions

Temperature
cool 24–29 °C / night 20 °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 24-29 °C / night 20 °C
A way to check the night figurebecause temp — cool 24-29 °C / night 20 °C
A hygrometerbecause humidity — Best humidity levels for emerald swifts: Emerald swifts are a tropical species, so the humidity inside their enclosure should be fairly high: 60-80%.
UVB 6-6% (T5), stated as requiredbecause uvb — The best UVB bulbs for an emerald swift housed in a 36” x 18” x 18” enclosure are: Arcadia T5 HO 6%, 22” Zoo Med T5 HO Reptisun 5.0, 22” For best results, house the UVB bulbs in a reflective fixture.
Not stated: The heat sourcethis sheet names only the cool side: « cool 24-29 °C / night 20 °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

dubiaroaches.com — 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.