Quote Originally Posted by Jhussey View Post
I took a look at my BP, Bearded dragon and Iguana set-ups they are all pretty close to the same with slight variations.....
The ambiant air is about 95-98 but the basking surface, according to the digi thermo my mom uses to cook with, was 109 for my BP and his set up is alittle different.
This is one of the major problems with the advice given by the pet industry. There is a misconception that all lizards can be kept in the same manner, at the same heats.

There is a guy on these boards named Dave/Crocdoc, who lives in Australia. He has commented on the forums that when he goes out in the bush to observe monitors, he notices that during the absolute hottest part of the day, monitors are active when not many other reptiles are. Bearded dragons are generally under cover.

So the idea that a bearded dragon, which will make use of a lower temp basking area and will even mouth gape at higher temps, is at all indicative of the temps a monitor needs to be kept at, is simply misinformation fed by the companies who want to sell 100W Zoo Med basking bulbs.