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CITES II
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Varanidae

Peach-throated

Varanus jobiensisSepik monitor
14:00
Day

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

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warm end29–41 °C
cool end29 °C

The numbers

Thermal gradient

152025303540 °C
29°Cool side
29–41°Warm side
24–31°Night

Day: a real gradient, 29–41°C warm against 29°C cool, so the animal chooses. Night: 24–31°C.

Why

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

The sheet stateswarm 29-41 °C / cool 29 °C / night 24-31 °C

Identity

Family / Order
Varanidae / Squamata
Origin

Enclosure and conditions

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.

Common questions

How big does it get?

Around 1 to 1.2 metres, slim and semi-arboreal, so height matters as much as floor space.

Is it tame?

Usually nervous and very fast. Expect an animal that tolerates you rather than enjoys you.

What does it eat?

Insects, small rodents and eggs. It is a strong and enthusiastic feeder.

Is it dangerous?

A bite from a fast, food-driven lizard this size genuinely hurts. Always feed with tongs.

What it needs

A heat sourcebecause temp — warm 29-41 °C / cool 29 °C / night 24-31 °C
A thermostat to regulate itbecause temp — warm 29-41 °C / cool 29 °C / night 24-31 °C
A thermometerbecause temp — warm 29-41 °C / cool 29 °C / night 24-31 °C
A way to check the night figurebecause temp — warm 29-41 °C / cool 29 °C / night 24-31 °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

Range as recorded in the EPS reference workbook, read 2026-08-09

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What this sheet states

46%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

This sheet states 3 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: humidity instrument and audit, 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.