I feel infrared temp guns are a WAY better way to understand reptile temps. As they measure the surface of a material. Which is much closer to how reptiles work.

Mecurey thermeters measure air temps and air temps are not a accurate way to understand reptiles, in nature or in captivity.

The first day I took one in the field, I went totally crazy. My field partner did not like the heat gun and kept checking my temps. I could take a hundred temps for everyone he took, hahahahahahaha Sadly, thermeters are good for internal body temps.

Here its odd, in spring the temps are hot on the surface, then get cooler down to about two feet, then get hotter again. That is on south or west facing slopes. In the fall, early winter, the surface temps may be cooler then the mass temps as the mass temps have been heated all summer. Yes, there are lots of different conditions at different times of the year and local. Yet air temps are similar. Cheers

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