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http://www.anapsid.org/gehrman2.html
"How Important is Ultraviolet A (Blacklight)?
UV radiation is divided into UVA (longwave), UVB (midwave), and UVC (shortwave). Blacklights are a strong source of UVA. It has been demonstrated that UVA can influence agonistic, reproductive, and signaling behaviors in some species of lizards (Gehrmann, 1994A) as well as inhibit growth in female panther chameleons, Chamaeleo pardalis (Ferguson, et al., 1996). A UVA requirement for long-term health and reproduction of captive reptiles has not been demonstrated. However, because UVA is a component of natural light in many environments, e.g. deserts, appears to stimulate social behavior, and does seem to be nondetrimental even at high irradiances, some herpetoculturists may elect to use a blacklight in conjunction with some other visible light and/or heat emitting lamp."
http://phot.allenpress.com/photonline/?request=get-document&doi=10.1562/0031-8655(2002)0762.0.CO;2
"Second, low doses of UVA radiation can induce physiological responses in organisms probably by activating specific genes."
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RE: Chyam and poor, burned Valentino - kinyonga, Thu Apr 20 01:56:54 2006