Definition of Brumates. Meaning of Brumates. Synonyms of Brumates

- largest European tortoise. The marginated tortoise is herbivorous, and brumates for the winter. The marginated tortoise was formally described by German...
- (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...
- 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...
- 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...
- the dormant mammals are actually asleep, brumating reptiles are awake but inactive. Individual snakes may brumate in burrows, under rock piles, or inside...
- underbrush. In the northern parts of its range, the Burmese python may brumate for some months during the cold season in a hollow tree, a hole in the...
- regulate their temperature. Red-eared sliders do not hibernate, but actually brumate; while they become less active, they do occasionally rise to the surface...
- 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,...
- 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...
- 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...