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Repti Basking Spot
A focused basking bulb that creates the hot spot reptiles need to digest and thrive. Reptiles are cold-blooded and run on the heat you provide.
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Our take
Reptiles cannot make their own body heat, so they thermoregulate by moving between a hot basking spot and cooler shade, and they need both. This bulb's reflector focuses heat and UVA into a tight basking beam that lets a beardie or lizard reach the temperature it needs to digest food and stay healthy. Set it over a basking rock or branch at one end of the tank, leave the other end cool, and always check the actual basking temperature with a thermometer, do not guess.
Good to know
- Focused basking beam
- Provides heat and UVA
- For diurnal reptiles
- Range of wattages
Who it is for
- Basking reptiles
Who should skip it
- Providing UVB, which needs a separate UVB lamp
- Even, whole-tank heat with no cool zone
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