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largest European tortoise. The
marginated tortoise is herbivorous, and
brumates for the winter. The
marginated tortoise was
formally described by German...
- reptile.
During the
first year of life, many
small reptiles do not
fully brumate, but
rather slow down and eat less often.
Brumation is
triggered by a lack...
- (5–7 ft) in
length and
weighs 36–45
kilograms (80–100 lb) as an adult. It
brumates in
burrows in
winter and is
nocturnal in summer.
Mating occurs in early...
- the
dormant mammals are
actually asleep,
brumating reptiles are
awake but inactive.
Individual snakes may
brumate in burrows,
under rock piles, or inside...
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cannibalising members of its own species.
During cool weather, the
boomslang brumates for
short periods,
often curling up
inside the
enclosed nest of a weaverbird...
- from New
Jersey to the
Florida Keys. In
colder regions, the corn
snake brumates during winter. However, in the more
temperate climate along the coast,...
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regulate their temperature. Red-eared
sliders do not hibernate, but
actually brumate;
while they
become less active, they do
occasionally rise to the surface...
- general". It is non-venomous. It is
hunted by
eagles and tanukis. The
snakes brumate for
three to four months, mate in
spring and lay 7–20 eggs in
early summer...
- to as diapause. Some
researchers and
members of the
public use the term
brumate to
describe winter dormancy of reptiles, but the more
general term hibernation...
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reproductive rates than
those with
shorter brumation periods or
those that do not
brumate at all.
Female timber rattlesnakes in high
peaks in the
Appalachian Mountains...
