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Setup

The numbers

Temperature

152025303540 °C
30–33°Ambient
≥22°Night floor
45–55°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, 30–33°C, dropping to no lower than 22°C at night. Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet statesbasking 45-55 C / ambient 30-33 C / night minimum 22 C

Humidity

40–60%Target RH

The sheet states40-60% (moist retreat)

UVB

Requiredrequired

The sheet statesFerguson 3 (UV index 3.0-4.0)

Diet
insects, small lizards, occasional rodent
14:00
Day

Drag the sun. The sheet states a night temperature, so the rail follows it.

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

40–60 % RHUVB tube120 cm90 cm
UVB tube
50100150200 cm
120 × 60 × 90 cmWidth × depth × height
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. 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 120 x 60 x 90 cm, dig + bark

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 120 × 60 × 90 cmbecause Enclosure — minimum 120 x 60 x 90 cm, dig + bark
A heat sourcebecause Temperature — basking 45-55 C / ambient 30-33 C / night minimum 22 C
A thermostat to regulate itbecause Temperature — basking 45-55 C / ambient 30-33 C / night minimum 22 C
A thermometerbecause Temperature — basking 45-55 C / ambient 30-33 C / night minimum 22 C
A way to check the night figurebecause Temperature — basking 45-55 C / ambient 30-33 C / night minimum 22 C
A hygrometerbecause Humidity — 40-60% (moist retreat)
UVB, stated as requiredbecause UVB — Ferguson 3 (UV index 3.0-4.0)

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

The species

CITES II is a global listing and holds in every country. National law is not global, and we hold no national wildlife law for any country, Thailand included. Check your own authority before buying or selling.

Questions & sources

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https://keepr.pet/husbandry/en/varanus-gilleni

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What this sheet states

85%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

This sheet states 6 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: day/night engine and awake count on the globe. We show the gap rather than fill it with a plausible number.

UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 420 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.