I would like you to expand my understanding on temperature.

My knowledge base on lizards is this, collard lizards in Kansas bask at 112F and will maintain this body temperature for about four hours at a time plus or minus as I use a laser temp to study them but almost always 112F.

When I hatch out youngsters I notice they will also get along in a colony and will bask and thrive at 112F and mimic the wild population in my understanding people keep captives to cool as my wild caught Adults will also thrive under these conditions. Their apatite is voracious as youngsters. It appears that they have a social structure in that the younger males (in my wild population) do not get the choice rock to occupy but are well within the territory of the other male with no ill effects. That is about all I know about lizards.

Should I ignore the above model or build on it? How does this parallel monitors or should I be thinking in a different direction? I know the variables are species and area dependant but say an equatorial specimen that basks for hours on end how hot will they prefer and you may use a specimen of your choice as an example. How deep is the natural burrow of the specimen of your choice and how cool are they when they immerge from underground? How long will the specimen bask?

Please keep it under 3 pages if possible as I am imputing the information and have slight brain damage from growing up with Scott if you know what I mean!
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