What Temperature Should Tank Be & What Substrate?
These lizards like it hot. Temperatures should be 100 – 105 at basking site, mine sometimes go to 110 / 115 degrees in late afternoon on warm days this is acceptable. The REST of the tank should be in the high 80’s to 90 degrees. You can get accurate readings with the Temp Gun, awesome gadget, runs about 25.00 well worth it. *As far as what substrate, this is debatable by many. For hatchlings, paper towels are the best. I use up until at least 4 weeks old. For older collareds, most people I know, including myself use washed play sand, from home depot or a garden center. This sand is usually clean and used for children’s sandboxes.
