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Exo Terra Intense Basking Spot

Exo Terra Intense Basking Spot

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Wattage: 50w
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The Exo Terra Intense Basking Spot is a purpose-built basking lamp designed to deliver a tight, focused beam of heat and light directly onto a defined basking zone within the vivarium. Available in a range of wattages to suit enclosures of different scale, it gives reptile keepers precise control over where heat is delivered and at what intensity.

Concentrated Heat and Light Output

The tight beam design concentrates both heat and light output into a focused point, increasing the energy within the beam by 35% compared to standard spot lamps. This allows a greater working distance between the bulb and the basking surface, giving more flexibility when positioning the lamp above the enclosure.

Thermoregulation and Basking Behaviour

A well-defined basking spot is essential for reptile thermoregulation — allowing animals to raise their core body temperature efficiently before moving to cooler areas of the enclosure. The Intense Basking Spot creates the thermal gradient reptiles rely on in the wild, supporting natural behaviour and overall physiological health.

UVA Output

Alongside heat, this lamp emits UVA radiation, which plays a meaningful role in reptile wellbeing. UVA light is associated with stimulating natural behaviours including feeding responses and breeding activity, making it a useful addition beyond simple heat provision.

Day/Night Compatibility

The Intense Basking Spot is designed for daytime use and can be paired with a Night Heat Lamp or Infrared Basking Spot Lamp to maintain a continuous 24-hour lighting and heating cycle without disrupting your animals overnight.

Choose the wattage that suits your setup — higher outputs suit larger enclosures or situations where the lamp needs to be mounted at greater distance from the basking site. All variants share the same focused beam design and UVA output.