Setup
The numbers
Thermal gradient
Day: a real gradient, 29–32°C warm against 27–29°C cool, so the animal chooses. Night: 24°C.
Why
Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.
The sheet statesbasking 35 °C / warm ambient 29-32 °C / cool side 27-29 °C / night down to 24 °C
Humidity
The sheet states60-90%
UVB
The sheet statesUVB recommended for vitamin D3 synthesis, bulb output per manufacturer guidance, replaced every 6-8 months. One source notes it is recommended rather than strictly mandatory. No UVI or Ferguson zone given.
Drag the sun. The sheet states a night temperature, so the rail follows it.
Enclosure and conditions
Enclosure
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 statesAdults minimum about 183 x 61 x 122 cm, with up to 244 x 122 x 183 cm recommended. Must be fully escape-proof. Substrate bark or coconut bark that holds moisture well. Water container deep enough for full submersion.
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
Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation.
Food
Diet
Feeding rhythm
Twenty-eight days, one row. Each band is a meal window. The sheet gives several ages on one line; this is the adult figure.
Why
The windows widen as they go because the interval is a range: four meals after a 10–14 day cycle land anywhere between day 40 and day 56.
The sheet statesCarnivorous generalist: whole mice and rats, fish, crayfish, crickets, superworms, nightcrawlers, beef heart and hard-boiled egg; also frogs, lizards, snakes and eggs. Fed about 4-5 times weekly, or every 2-3 days for adults, with juveniles fed more often. Calcium and vitamin D3 dusting used for boneless items only, not for whole vertebrate prey; a multivitamin once or twice monthly.
The species
Identity
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
Common questions
Is it dangerous?
It is defensive and fast, with a decent bite and a hard tail whip. Not a beginner monitor.
How big does it get?
Around 1 to 1.3 metres, and it also needs a large water area to use daily.
Does it smell?
The water area gets dirty quickly, so any smell comes from maintenance rather than the animal.
Can it be tamed?
Some captive-bred ones settle well with daily work. Many stay wary for life.
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Others in this group
What this sheet states
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.