Lizards and UV

[Lord Monty]

hey guys wondering if anybody could help id like to know which lizards need UV see i keep snakes and know most dont need Uv but im unsure on lizards anyhelp would be good and if anyone could do me a list id love them forever!!

[tokay]

Beardies , Agamas , Water dragons , Iguanas etc all need uv
theres different Percentages required for different species though Eg a Bearded dragon will need a 10% uv bulb , yemen chameleons will need 5%.
look around on here for decent care sheets and it will show you all you need to know matey
hope this helped
ps try this threas in the lizard section

[Lord Monty]

LOL good idea! i thought i was in lizards lol
and thank how would you work out how much UV a lizard needs

[tokay]

the uv lights have the percentages stated on the packaging
also keep the light UV and basking on for a maximum of 12 hours a day so whatever lizard you get will have a day and night cycle

[Matt Harris]

As a general rule, you would expect nocturnal/crepuscular species to have a low UV requirement, and would probably get the D3 they need from other sources such as diet. The same would probably be true for burrowing/fossorial species, leaflitter species from forest floors etc.