Ultraviolet Radiation

Baines, F., A. Beveridge, R. Hitch, and R. Lane (2006). Looking at UVB in a new light: a four-part study of ultraviolet light in reptile husbandry. Part 4: indoor sunshine ... mercury vapour lamps. Herptile 31(1): 4-21. ISSN: 0953-2021.
Descriptors: reptiles, UVB, ultraviolet light, reptile husbandry, study, indoor shushine, mercury vapor lamps.

Baines, F., R. Hitch, and R. Lane (2005). Looking at the UVB in a new light. A four-part study of ultraviolet light in reptile husbandry. Herptile 30(3): 100-124. ISSN: 0953-2021.
Descriptors: reptiles, UV light, husbandry, ultraviolet light in reptile husbandry, four part study.

Baines, F., R. Hitch, and R. Lane (2005). Looking at UVB in a new light. A four-part study of ultraviolet light in reptile husbandry. Herptile 30(4): 148-172. ISSN: 0953-2021.
Descriptors: reptiles, UVB, ultraviolet light, reptile husbandry, four part study.

Chang, C. and R. Zheng (2003). Effects of ultraviolet B on epidermal morphology, shedding, lipid peroxide, and antioxidant enzymes in cope's rat snake (Elaphe taeniura). Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology 72(1-3): 79-85. ISSN: 1011-1344.
Descriptors: reptiles, rat snakes, ultraviolet B, effects, morphology, shedding, lipid peroxide, antioxident enzymes.

Hibma, J.C. (2004). Dietary vitamin D3 and UV-B exposure effects on green iguana growth rate: is full-spectrum lighting necessary? Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 39(8): 145-150. ISSN: 0009-3564.
Descriptors: reptiles, green iguana, dietary vitamin D3, UV-B exposure effects, full spectrum lighting, necessary, growth rate.