"I think if I only tried to give a hot spot of 85F that would not be enough and I could have fertility issues as well"

Fertility issues for whom? the female or male or both? Maybe I am reading this wrong but what your telling me is, that males and females need access to 85F plus to produce vial clutches?

"Something to think about..... If I have a flood light shining onto a piece of plywood and the surface of that plywood is 125F, but the snake is sitting underneath that piece of plywood in the humid dark area and the temp there is only 100F what is the "hotspot" the snake is using?"

I understand about heat dispersion and the different types of mass used to disperse heat acts differently. Density of material used, how porous the material may be, insulating factors, etc.

If you are using a light bulb and the surface temps 20" away on that piece of plywood are 125F that light bulb (Flood light bulb) will have to be quite hot to keep that plywood at 125F. Not only that it will be extremely hot if constant air flow(depending on velocity of the flow, or amount of air inside the cage) is 65F all around.
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