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varanid
at Tue May 11 14:57:42 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by varanid ]
I've always wondered about that...we have temps down to zero during the winter, and overnight lows into the high 30s even in early summer (the low this week is supposed to be 38). This is Amarillo Texas for god's sakes, not Colorado or Wyoming. And yet herps are active right now. I've found rattlers out during (relatively) warm winter weather when it's in the mid 50s doing fine. This weekend, I found skinks and fence lizards out in the morning...when it was probably 60 (basking), and I found woodhouses' toads and leopard frogs breeding during the early evening.
I'm not saying snakes are out and active during extreme cold (they're not) but 50 isn't extreme to a temperate zone animal either. I wouldn't keep them at 50 during the summer as a rule, but it won't kill them for nighttime temps to drop.
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RE: Overnight Low Temps - Defy the Myth - varanid, Tue May 11 14:57:42 2010