Reptile Lamp Database

Colorimetry is the science to describe physically the human color perception. The wavelength range 380 nm - 780 nm is visible to humans and detected by three different photoreceptors. Many Reptiles see the range 350 nm - 800 nm and have an additional UV photoreceptor in their retina.

WARNING: The measurement range (350 - 800 nm) is not sufficient for this evaluation! Data is only available in the range 290.067 - 799.849 nm. Results are shown anyway but should be ignored by anyone except experts.

Whereas a spectrometer measures the intensity in every tiny wavelength interval resulting in thousands of individual intensities, the human eye only measures three intensities detected by the three cones. The same is true for the reptile eye with usually three or four photoreceptors. Effectively the detailled spectrum displayed above reduces to a much compacter bar graph displayed below. The photoreceptor sensitivites from these L-Cone, M-Cone, S-Cone, and U-Cone are used, they are chosen as an average of measured reptile photoreceptor sensitivity curves. The bar graph also shows as reference the intensity seen by the three or four photoreceptors for average sunlight (id 1).

From these three numbers the colour coordinate and the correlated colour temperature for humans are calculated using the CIE standard method. I adapted this concept to a "3 cone reptile (M,S,U)" and a "4 cone reptile (L,M,S,U)". I am sure, that this adaption to other colour spaces makes sense mathematically and this is also done in scientific research regarding colour vision of animals, however I have not seen calculation of colour temperatures for other animals in the scientific literature. Even if it is hypothetical, at least this shows, how arbitrary the colour temperature is, and that the colour temperature calculated for humans does not apply to reptiles. The colour spaces also show the colour coordinates of different phases of daylight ((ids 1, 338 – 451, 511 – 513 ), indicated by crosses, coloured in the appriximate colour perceived by a human.

	Human (CIE)	3 cone reptile	4 cone reptile
Cone Excitation
Colour Coordinate	( 0.28 ; 0.28 )	( 0.23 ; 0.4 )	( 0.18 ; 0.19 ; 0.33 )
CCT	11000 Kelvin	12000 Kelvin	11000 Kelvin
distance		0.076	0.063
colour space			3-D-graph not implemented yet

Vitamin D3 is produced by UVB radiation around 300 nm. 7DHC/ProD3 present in the skin is converted to PreD3 when absorbing an UV photon. PreD3 can be converted back to ProD3, to Lumisterol, or to Tachysterol when absorbing another UV photon or can be converted to Vitamin D3 in a warm environment.

This process prevents any overdose of vitamin D3 from UV radiation with a spectrum similar to sunlight. As a comparison the solar spectra at 20°(id:14) and at 85°(id:21) solar angle are shown.

The ratio of the two solarmeters 6.2 (UVB) and 6.5 (UV index) readings has proven a useful and very simply number to acess the spectral shape in the vitamin-d3-active region.

Effective irradiances are calculated for all ranges, actionspectra and radiometers currently present in this database.

The calculation method is a numerical implementation (Simpson's rule) of the formula

To learn more about calculating effective irradiances and radiometers I recommend this excellent report on UVB meters: Characterizing the Performance of Integral Measuring UV-Meters (pdf).

total ( 0 nm - 0 nm)	1270 µW/cm² = 12.7 W/m²
UVC ( 0 nm - 280 nm)	0 µW/cm² = 0 W/m²
non-terrestrial ( 0 nm - 290 nm)	0 µW/cm² = 0 W/m²
total2 ( 250 nm - 880 nm)	1270 µW/cm² = 12.7 W/m²
UVB (EU) ( 280 nm - 315 nm)	77.3 µW/cm² = 0.773 W/m²
UVB (US) ( 280 nm - 320 nm)	131 µW/cm² = 1.31 W/m²
UVA+B ( 280 nm - 380 nm)	686 µW/cm² = 6.86 W/m²
Solar UVB ( 290 nm - 315 nm)	77.3 µW/cm² = 0.773 W/m²
UVA D3 regulating ( 315 nm - 335 nm)	250 µW/cm² = 2.5 W/m²
UVA (EU) ( 315 nm - 380 nm)	609 µW/cm² = 6.09 W/m²
UVA2 (medical definition) ( 320 nm - 340 nm)	270 µW/cm² = 2.7 W/m²
UVA (US) ( 320 nm - 380 nm)	556 µW/cm² = 5.56 W/m²
UVA1 (variant) ( 335 nm - 380 nm)	359 µW/cm² = 3.59 W/m²
UVA1 (medical) ( 340 nm - 400 nm)	311 µW/cm² = 3.11 W/m²
vis. UVA ( 350 nm - 380 nm)	158 µW/cm² = 1.58 W/m²
VIS Rep3 ( 350 nm - 600 nm)	614 µW/cm² = 6.14 W/m²
VIS Rep4 ( 350 nm - 700 nm)	716 µW/cm² = 7.16 W/m²
purple ( 380 nm - 420 nm)	78.9 µW/cm² = 0.789 W/m²
VIS ( 380 nm - 780 nm)	584 µW/cm² = 5.84 W/m²
VIS2 ( 400 nm - 680 nm)	519 µW/cm² = 5.19 W/m²
PAR ( 400 nm - 700 nm)	532 µW/cm² = 5.32 W/m²
tmp ( 400 nm - 1100 nm)	561 µW/cm² = 5.61 W/m²
blue ( 420 nm - 490 nm)	185 µW/cm² = 1.85 W/m²
green ( 490 nm - 575 nm)	148 µW/cm² = 1.48 W/m²
yellow ( 575 nm - 585 nm)	28 µW/cm² = 0.28 W/m²
orange ( 585 nm - 650 nm)	72.4 µW/cm² = 0.724 W/m²
red ( 650 nm - 780 nm)	71.8 µW/cm² = 0.718 W/m²
IRA ( 700 nm - 1400 nm)	28.9 µW/cm² = 0.289 W/m²
IR2 ( 720 nm - 1100 nm)	20.1 µW/cm² = 0.201 W/m²
IRB ( 1400 nm - 3000 nm)	0 µW/cm² = 0 W/m²

Erythema	3.88 UV-Index
Pyrimidine dimerization of DNA	47.2 µW/cm²
Photoceratitis	6.26 µW/cm²
Photoconjunctivitis	0.0977 µW/cm²
DNA Damage	0.327
Vitamin D3	17 µW/cm²
Photosynthesis	384 µW/cm²
Luminosity	1320 lx
Human L-Cone	194 µW/cm²
Human M-Cone	173 µW/cm²
Human S-Cone	162 µW/cm²
CIE X	183 µW/cm²
CIE Y	183 µW/cm²
CIE Z	295 µW/cm²
PAR	2600000 mol photons
Extinction preD3	135 e-3*m²/mol
Extinction Tachysterol	487 e-3*m²/mol
Exctincition PreD3	65300 m²/mol
Extinction Lumisterol	13.6 m²/mol
Exctincition Tachysterol	726000 m²/mol
Extinction 7DHC	10.9 m²/mol
L-Cone	159 µW/cm²
M-Cone	171 µW/cm²
S-Cone	301 µW/cm²
U-Cone	275 µW/cm²
UVR - ICNIRP 2004	2.7 Rel Biol Eff
Melatonin Supression	208 µW/cm²
Blue Light Hazard	188 µW/cm² (142 µW/cm² per 1000 lx)
CIE 174:2006 PreVit D3	18.6 µW/cm²
Lumen Reptil	1850 "pseudo-lx"
Vitamin D3 Degradation	25.3 µW/cm²
Actinic UV	2.69 µW/cm² (20.3 mW/klm)
Exctincition Lumisterol	22100 m²/mol
Exctincition 7DHC	14800 m²/mol
Exctincition Toxisterols	12600 m²/mol

Solarmeter 6.2 (UVB, pre 2010)	163 µW/cm²
Solarmeter 6.5 (UV-Index, pre 2010)	4.96
Leybold UVB	115 µW/cm²
Leybold UVA	399 µW/cm²
Leybold UVC	0.00485 µW/cm²
DeltaOhm UVB	308 µW/cm²
DeltaOhm UVC	35.8 µW/cm²
Vernier UVB	34 µW/cm²
Vernier UVA	439 µW/cm²
Gröbel UVA	512 µW/cm²
Gröbel UVB	54 µW/cm²
Gröbel UVC	-0.0378 µW/cm²
Luxmeter	1380 lx
Solarmeter 6.4 (D3)	15.5 IU/min
UVX-31	336 µW/cm²
IL UVB	0.0697 µW/cm²
IL UVA	441 µW/cm²
Solarmeter 6.5 (UVI, post 2010)	4.28 UV-Index
Solarmeter 6.2 (UVB, post 2010)	114 µW/cm² (Solarmeter Ratio = 26.6)
Solarmeter AlGaN 6.5 UVI sensor	65.1 UV Index
GenUV 7.1 UV-Index	3.81 UV-Index
Solarmeter 10.0 (Global Power) (manuf.)	8.5 W/m²
Solarmeter 4.0 (UVA)	5.68 mW/cm²
LS122 (manuf.)	0 W/m²
ISM400 (first guess)	4.1 W/m²
LS122 (assumption)	0.172 W/m²
ISM400_new	3.24 W/m²
Solarmeter 10.0 (Global Power) (assumption)	6.52 W/m²