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Varanidae

Ornate

Varanus niloticus ornatusตะกวดแม่น้ำไนล์
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warm end48–52 °C
Humidity70–90 %
14:00
Day

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

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The numbers

Temperature

152025303540 °C
28–32°Ambient
≥24°Night floor
48–52°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, 28–32°C, dropping to no lower than 24°C at night. Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet statesbasking 48-52 C / ambient 28-32 C / night minimum 24 C

Humidity

70–90%Target RH

The sheet states70-90% + water

UVB

Requiredrequired

The sheet statesFerguson 3 (UV index 2.0-3.0)

Diet
fish, rodents, insects, eggs

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.

What it needs

A heat sourcebecause temp — basking 48-52 C / ambient 28-32 C / night minimum 24 C
A thermostat to regulate itbecause temp — basking 48-52 C / ambient 28-32 C / night minimum 24 C
A thermometerbecause temp — basking 48-52 C / ambient 28-32 C / night minimum 24 C
A way to check the night figurebecause temp — basking 48-52 C / ambient 28-32 C / night minimum 24 C
A hygrometerbecause humidity — 70-90% + water
UVB, stated as requiredbecause uvb — Ferguson 3 (UV index 2.0-3.0)
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

62%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

This sheet states 4 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: 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.