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Varanidae

Sumbawa

Varanus salvator bivittatusตัวเงินตัวทอง

Photograph: Martin Gutewort · CC BY

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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warm end29–33 °C
cool end24–28 °C
Humidity60–70 %
Enclosure244×183×244
Diet7 days

The numbers

Thermal gradient

152025303540 °C
24–28°Cool side
29–33°Warm side
22–26°Night

Day: a real gradient, 29–33°C warm against 24–28°C cool, so the animal chooses. Night: 22–26°C.

Why

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

The sheet stateswarm 29-33 C / cool 24-28 C / night 22-26 C

Humidity

60–70%Target RH

The sheet states60-70%

UVB

Requiredrequired

The sheet statesStrong linear UVB and intense visible light are essential

Identity

Family / Order
Varanidae / Squamata
Origin

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

29–33 °C60–70 % RHUVB tube8 ft8 ft
warm sideUVB tube
50100150200 cm
8 × 6 × 8 ft · 244 × 183 × 244 cmWidth × depth × height
447dm² of floor
Substrate: not in our dataWater: 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 statesapproximately 8 x 6 x 8 ft for an adult, with a water reservoir for full submersion

Temperature
warm 29-33 C / cool 24-28 C / night 22-26 C
Humidity
60-70%

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.

Diet

Feeding rhythm

every 7 dAs an adult
4Meals in 28 days

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 statesGut-loaded insects for juveniles; appropriately sized rodents, fish, and poultry as they grow; adults fed 2-3 times weekly

What it needs

Enclosure at least 244 × 183 × 244 cmbecause enclosure — approximately 8 x 6 x 8 ft for an adult, with a water reservoir for full submersion
A heat sourcebecause temp — warm 29-33 C / cool 24-28 C / night 22-26 C
A thermostat to regulate itbecause temp — warm 29-33 C / cool 24-28 C / night 22-26 C
A thermometerbecause temp — warm 29-33 C / cool 24-28 C / night 22-26 C
A way to check the night figurebecause temp — warm 29-33 C / cool 24-28 C / night 22-26 C
A hygrometerbecause humidity — 60-70%
UVB, stated as requiredbecause uvb — Strong linear UVB and intense visible light are essential

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

Sources

Range as recorded in the EPS reference workbook, read 2026-08-09academy.herpeton.net — lu le www.thereptileranch.com — 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.