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nope. only rana species frogs NEED it, others do better with it but don't need it, plus they are nocturnal...
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i keep a uv light on my frog. they have hides, but they sleep out in the open all day. i have one on my marine toad also, but he really hides lol. i believe even nocturnal animals benefit from a little uv. i saw a show on discovery channal about some kind of nocturnal gecko that was common ( i forget what it was, might have been a house gecko). they did a study on it and it showed that its body was able to benefit from catching a few rays right at dusk just as much as the lizards that bask all day.

i think i read they live 7-10 yrs. my oldest is 4.5 yrs old.

but its so expensive especially if we have to buy new ones every six months.I have nocturnal geckos and snakes and Ive always wanted to put uvb on them.I was thinking about buying one or two uvb tubes and maybe alternating it around for them so everyone gets at least some UVB.Maybe every other day.My other three lizards get uvb every day.
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I love geckoes . There are lots of house geckoes in my yard and that special was correct. I have seen them out during 4 pm or so and they do seem to bask for a bit than hide again.
I used to think they were strictly night lizards but I agree they do seem to bask not like anoles but for 10/20 minutes they seem to seek out a basking area by side of patio roof.

8-12 is typical but they can live almost twice that.

Nocturnal hylids don't actually need any light except a very small amount in order to see. UVA and UVB are completely unessesary for this species.