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Buthidae

Gentil's Fat-tailed Scorpion

Hottentotta gentili

Photograph: Hemminki Johan · 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 end30–32 °C
cool end21–24 °C
Humidity30–50 %
Enclosure30×25×25
Diet7–14 days
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Day

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The numbers

Thermal gradient

152025303540 °C
21–24°Cool side
30–32°Warm side
19–23°Night

Day: a real gradient, 30–32°C warm against 21–24°C cool, so the animal chooses. Night: 19–23°C.

Why

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

The sheet stateswarm 30-32 C / cool 21-24 C / night 19-23 C

Humidity

30–50%Target RH

The sheet states30-50% (45-60% in the protected premoult refuge)

UVB

Not needed for this species

Stated in the sheet, not inferred.

The sheet statesNo UVB needed; diffuse light on a 10-12 hour timer

Identity

Family / Order
Buthidae / Scorpiones
Origin

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

30–32 °C30–50 % RH30 cm25 cm
warm side
50100150200 cm
30 × 25 × 25 cmWidth × depth × height
8dm² of floor
Substrate: not in our dataWater: not in our dataHides: not in our dataUVB: 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 states30 x 25 x 25 cm for one adult; at least 12 cm substrate

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 7–14 dAs the sheet states
4Meals in 28 days

Twenty-eight days, one row. Each band is a meal window.

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 statesOne appropriately sized captive-bred roach, locust, or cricket every 7-14 days

What it needs

Enclosure at least 30 × 25 × 25 cmbecause enclosure — 30 x 25 x 25 cm for one adult; at least 12 cm substrate
A heat sourcebecause temp — warm 30-32 C / cool 21-24 C / night 19-23 C
A thermostat to regulate itbecause temp — warm 30-32 C / cool 21-24 C / night 19-23 C
A thermometerbecause temp — warm 30-32 C / cool 21-24 C / night 19-23 C
A way to check the night figurebecause temp — warm 30-32 C / cool 21-24 C / night 19-23 C
A hygrometerbecause humidity — 30-50% (45-60% in the protected premoult refuge)
No UVB: the sheet states none is neededbecause uvb — No UVB needed; diffuse light on a 10-12 hour timer

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

Sources

academy.herpeton.net — lu le undefined

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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.