We commonly see snakes out and active in the 40's And their movement is very very slow. Once I observed a Gravid C.willardi out in Late dec. at about 6300 ft elev. It was drinking water from a mostly frozen bit of water. It could move slowly but as soon as we disturbed it(we have too on that study) the snake went into convulsions, just slowly rolling over and over, like a slow hog.
I think folks, maybe not you, do not give these animals credit. When they are at the lower temps, the snakes fully understand they cannot move quickly and do not move in areas where they will need to move quickly. Yes, its rare but does occur, that snakes cross roads at low temps, they mostly work the shadows when cold.
Whats funny is, I have also seen five species of pythons cross roads at temps between 55f and 65F, which is again below what folks hibernated them at(in many cases) Again thanks for playing.

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