No, you really don't get it.

These are surface temperatures....SURFACE TEMPERATURES! That means when you aim a basking lamp over a surface...the temperature of the surface is going to heat up. Go outside on a warm day with a temp gun and start checking the temperatures of everything that's exposed to sunlight. You'll be suprised.

I'm not a monitor person (never owned a monitor) I actually keep a variety of reptiles, and the reason I come here is because the methods they use DO WORK ON OTHER SPECIES. Hell, I've got a trio of russian tortoises that I'm keeping in setups extremely similar to what most people here keep monitors in (less arboreal, however). they have access to various basking spots, one of which reaches a surface temperature of up to 170...and that's the one they use most often. That's the one they bury their eggs under. The ambient air temperature in the enclosure goes from 60-65 degrees in the coldest spot to maybe 80 in the warmest, non-basking spot. Obviously they aren't going to overheat.


But listen, this isn't anything personal. I don't know who you are and you don't know who I am, so we should stop the bickering. The only reason everyone here is tossing all this good information at you is because you have to experiment with husbandry or else it will never progress.

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