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About Us   Who are we? We are a group of four reptile keepers in the UK: Frances Baines, Andy Beveridge, Rachel Hitch and Rob Lane. We all keep species of lizards which require UV light, including bearded dragons (Frances and Rachel), chameleons (Rob and Andy) and collared lizards (Rachel). We started working together in the summer of 2004 when Rob arranged the importation of our first UVB meters from the USA. The idea for the Survey just grew from there....     Acknowledgements We would like to thank all those who have assisted in the project and donated lamps for testing, including (in alphabetical order): Arcadia (Kevin Chambers) Monkfield Nutrition (Joe Wise) Peregrine Livefoods (Tim Green) ReptileUV (Robert MacCargar) Rolf C. Hagen (UK) Ltd (Tony Crook) T-Rex Products Inc (Jon Coote) Underworld Products (Steve Zlotowitz) Wildside, Newport (Tom Casey) and all those who have kindly offered their advice and support, contributed their research data and forwarded scientific papers, including: David Bird, Chris Davis, William Gehrmann, Michael Holick, Lance Jepson, Jukka Lindgren, Steve Mackin, Chris Newman, Douglas Sherriff, Douglas Wise. the members of UVB_Meter_Owners internet mailing group. Paul Williams, who is hosting our website. Plus, last but not least, our long-suffering friends, family and fellow herp keepers who have seen us climbing in their vivs, testing their lamps, and talking about little else for the last ten months.     Data from this project has appeared in the following publications: Baines, F., R. Hitch and R. Lane. 2005. Looking at UVB in a new light (Parts 1 and 2) Herptile, Journal of the International Herpetological Society 30 (3) 100 - 124. Baines, F., R. Hitch and R. Lane. 2005. Looking at UVB in a new light (Part 3) Herptile, Journal of the International Herpetological Society 30 (4) 148 - 172. Baines, F., A. Beveridge, R. Hitch and R. Lane. 2006. Looking at UVB in a new light (Part 4) Herptile, Journal of the International Herpetological Society 31 (1) 4 - 21. Baines, F. 2005. Some Preliminary Results from a Survey of the UVB Output of Fluorescent Tubes for Reptile Vivaria. The Natterjack, Newsletter of the British Herpetological Society 121: 3-7. Baines, F., R. Hitch and R. Lane. 2005. The Light Stuff. Reptile Care 10 (March/April 2005): 52-59. Baines, F., R. Hitch and R. Lane. 2005. Light Fantastic. Reptile Care 11 (May/June 2005): 50-59. Baines, F., R. Hitch and R. Lane. 2005. Indoor Sunshine. Reptile Care 12 (July/August 2005): 45-49. Baines, F. and C. Davis. 2005. Using Natural Light in the Vivarium. The Natterjack, Newsletter of the British Herpetological Society 127: 9-12.

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