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- 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...
- regulate their temperature. Red-eared sliders do not hibernate, but actually brumate; while they become less active, they do occasionally rise to the surface...
- the dormant mammals are actually asleep, brumating reptiles are awake but inactive. Individual snakes may brumate in burrows, under rock piles, or inside...
- most rattlesnakes) congregate in sheltered areas or "dens" to overwinter (brumate, see hibernation), the snakes benefiting from the combined heat. In cool...
- sites called hibernacula. These snakes will migrate large distances to brumate. A long-term study by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation has shed light...
- months January to mid March. This is because hognose snakes' instinct is to brumate underground during the winter months.[citation needed] Adult western hognose...
- diurnal and terrestrial. Living in a temperate climate in Argentina, they brumate in the winter, burying themselves and remaining largely dormant during...
- Kingsnakes, along with other reptiles and amphibians in winter months brumate, as a means of conserving energy and to regulate body temperatures during...
- largest European tortoise. The marginated tortoise is herbivorous, and brumates for the winter. The marginated tortoise was formally described by German...
- except after a rain or for foraging and breeding. During the winter, they brumate underground, and are not seen again until breeding season in early March–May...