The people that claim 130 basking temp. is good don't know what their talking about. The prime supporter of this does not even own one single dragon. The others are newbies and have no experience with dragons in the outdoors. All their opinions are baseless speculation.

I have outdoor enclosures and have used them regularly over the years in the summer.

I don't think there is a significant difference in temp. tolerance between captive and wild specimens. In the wild the dragons do not bask at those high temps. either. In the wild on hot days dragons bask in the morning and hide in the heat of the day. This is the same thing I observe outside in NJ. At 70-80 they will bask all day. At about 85 ambient the dragons start to move into the shade depending on the specific animal. At 90 very few will bask for any period of time. The basking temps. are just too high outside at that ambient.

Above 90 is risky, in the wild they can lay on cool earth in the shade or under a rock. My cages have carpet as substrate which doesn't remain cool.

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