yes I understand what you are saying about cool temps, but keepers need to realise that 60f in the wild is not the same as in a cage.
first you must understand about lizard scales and how they fonction, in the case of gonos and acanthosauras they are desingned to expuls water from the bady ( a dry body keeps heat) second these lizards can change the refletivness of there scales, this alows them to absorb radiant heat that our human skin cant even notice, once heated up they have the ability to reflect radient heat away from the body.

Have you ever seen such glowing acanthosauras?
probably not, because keepers dont offer them enough options to heat up as captives, all my lizards have 130f baskings witch they use at one point or an other, dont matter what specie acantho, hipsylurus or gonocephalus they all need choices.

75f to 85f is my incubation choice not my husbandry, in my cages they have access to a range from 65f to 130f, and yes they use it.
I prefer smaller cages that I keep bare naked, this way I have control on both temps and food. I seperate only if needed, witch is rare when feeding every day.

in closing; I live in northern Quebec, my car is at present under 3 feet of snow, yet last summer I recorded greys tree frog basking at 137f, can you really imagine any tropical reptile not having acess to such temps ever?
I surly dont fall for this nonsens, and my animals thank me for it.
Rgds

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