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Rosebuds
at Wed Jul 2 15:15:42 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Rosebuds ]
What Boost said, and here is Eve's care sheet.  Its what I went by when I first got what I thought was an Eastern.
suncharmers.com/id15.html
Easterns are not desert lizards, but the care is similar. I think you can push temps just a little with the desert varieties, but with the easterns, your basking temps measured on the BASKING SURFACE should be between 100-110. The hot SIDE of the viv should be in the low 90s. The cool side of the viv should be in the low to mid 80s. To get accurate temps, you really should use an infrared temp gun that is never off by more than less than a degree or two. Any other method of measuring temps is inaccurate, the most inaccurate being those stick on therms. If your temps are off, they can't process food, or they cook.
I wouldn't use any substrate besides the play sand, pool sand or do as I do, and use tile. Anything else poses an impaction risk for "licky" lizards like collareds, beardies, uros, etc.
There is no shame in asking. I'm sure that the collared guru known as Eve will be along soon, but in themeantime, do read her care sheet! 
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RE: New to crotaphytus....? - Rosebuds, Wed Jul 2 15:15:42 2008