Reptile Basking Temperatures by Species
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Lizards

Ackie Monitor
Varanus Acanthurus

African Fat-Tailed Gecko
Hemitheconyx caudicinctus

Argentine Tegu
Salvator Spp.

bearded dragon
pogona vitticeps

Blue-Tailed Day Gecko
Phelsuma cepediana

Blue Tongue Skink
Tiliqua sp.
Eastern Blue Tongue Skink
Tiliqua Scincoides scincoides

Chahoua Gecko
Mniarogekko chahou

Chinese Water Dragon
Physignathus cocincinus

Colombian Tegu
Tupinambis spp.

Crested gecko
Correlophus ciliatus

Gargoyle Gecko
Rhacodactylus auriculatus

Giant Day Gecko
Phelsuma grandis

Giant Leaf-Tailed Gecko
Uroplatus fimbriatus

Gold Dust Day Gecko
Phelsuma laticauda

Indonesian Blue Tongue Skink
tiliqua gigas ssp.

Jackson's Chameleon
Trioceros jacksonii ssp.

Leopard Gecko
Eublepharis macularius

Mossy Leaf-Tailed Gecko
Uroplatus sikorae

Mourning Gecko
Lepidodactylus lugubris

Ocellated Skink
Chalcides ocellaltus

Panther Chameleon
Furcifer pardalis

Red-Eyed Crocodile Skink
Tribolonotus gracilis

Satanic Leaf-Tailed Gecko
Uroplatus phantasticus

Standing's Day Gecko
Phelsuma standingi

Tokay Gecko
Gekko gecko

Uromastyx
Uromastyx sp.

Veiled Chameleon
Chamaeleo calyptratus
Snakes

Ball Python
PYTHON REGIUS

BOA CONSTRICTOR
BOA SSP.

Brazilian Rainbow Boa
Epicrates cenchria cenchria

BREDL’S PYTHON
MORELIA BREDLI

CARPET PYTHON
MORELIA SPILOTA

Colombian Rainbow Boa
Epicrates maurus colombianus

Corn Snake
PANTHEROPHIS GUTTATUS

DUMERIL’S BOA
ACRANTOPHIS DUMERILI

Eastern Hognose
HETERODON PLATIRHINOS

KENYAN SAND BOA
ERYX COLURBRINUS

King Snake
LAMPROPELTIS, SP.

Milk Snake
LAMPROPELTIS, SP.

Rosy Boa
Lichanura sp.

western
Hognose
HETERODON NASICUS
Turtles / Tortoises

Eastern Box Turtle
Terrapene carolina carolina

Ornate Box Turtle
Terrapene ornata ornata

Painted Turtle
Chrysemys picta

Red-Eared Slider
Trachemys scripta elegans

Russian Tortoise
Testudo horsfieldii

Three-toed Box Turtle
Terrapene carolina triunguis

Yellow-Bellied Slider
Trachemys scripta scripta
Credit J, Whiting M, Magalhães-Sant’Ana M. Pet Reptiles—Are We Meeting Their Needs? Animals. 2021; 11(10):2964. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11102964 Ferguson, G.W.; Brinker, A.M.; Gehrmann, W.H.; Bucklin, S.E.; Baines, F.M.; Mackin, S.J. Voluntary Exposure of Some Western- Hemisphere Snake and Lizard Species to Ultraviolet-B Radiation in the Field: How Much Ultraviolet-B Should a Lizard or Snake Receive in Captivity? Zoo Biol. 2009