Bearded Dragon Heat Lamp Bulb. One of the best heat lamps to use for bearded dragons is the zoo med repti basking spot lamp. A natural environment for a bearded dragon is the desert. Typically smaller vivaria use low wattage lamps as opposed to bigger ones.
Heat basking lamps are incandescent bulbs designed to provide radiant heat for your bearded dragon. As you can see from our illustration a proper bearded dragon setup should have some sort of cool side.
Deciding on bearded dragon heat lamp wattage the wattage you choose depends on by your terrarium size the distance of lamp placement lamp type targeted temperatures among other factors.
For bearded dragons you want a bulb that will give you 110f 45c for the hot end it can be higher as the agamid family of lizards senses heat from above them so they ll move out if too hot. A bearded dragon s lighting set up should mimic what the reptile would get in the wild as closely as possible. Heat kills bearded dragons far quicker than cold. For bearded dragons we recommend to use bulbs designed for basking such as the zoo med repti basking bulb or the exo terra intense basking spot bulb.
