These are studies you will have to look up on your own. I'm fairly certain there aren't many, if any forum members here actually out in the field doing this type of research.
I found these easily by typing in key words. "Field Study" and "Reptiles" will get you on the right track and obviously the subject matter is equally important.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3712431/
https://www.researchgate.net/publica...iridis_viridis
https://www.researchgate.net/publica...na_chlorophaea
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full...8.2020.1844993
If you are looking at your setup from a display perspective, there is no harm using a red light or a moonlight for a period of time in the evening.
I use daytime lighting during the day, and then I switch over to moon light for 2-3 hours in the evening and then go black when I'm going to bed. This pattern is for my own enjoyment, however the snakes do tend to move into their nocturnal routines when the brighter daytime lighting goes out and the much dimmer night lighting comes on.
I enjoy the hobby for a number of reasons and having a nice looking display is one of them. The snakes may find a certain amount of stimulation from how the enclosures are set up but they don't care about how anything looks.
When I want to relax and observe.
You may be able to see behaviors you wouldn't observe during the day.
LED strips give you different color options.
That room is without a window so I provide artificial daylight, and as I stated, I use some night lighting for a few hours in the evening.
The bottom line is, daylight and dark are the only phases that matter in a captive environment.
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