motacilla oenenthe
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just curious,
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can pythons survive frost? (1 Viewer)
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buckskin hawk
Oklahoma Birder
I have heard that most of them are tropical and can't survive a frost. Some turtles can freeze but most other reptiles can not.
Surreybirder
Ken Noble
I don't know but there are loads of snakes in India and it gets pretty cold at night in the winter in northern India. So my guess is that they can.
Papuan birder
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I have seen Boelens python (Papua endemic) at very high altitudes in Snow moutains; a place which I assume get very gold certain parts of the year.
motacilla oenenthe
Well-known member
so its possible for burmese pythons in the everglades to expand their range north in florida past the frost line?
BirdAdvocate
Well-known member
Florida may tighten restrictions on pythonsmotacilla oenenthe said:
The state is considering tightening their restrictions on them.
Florida may tighten restrictions on pythons
By David Fleshler, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
December 22, 2006
With giant snakes battling alligators in the Everglades, the state wildlife commission has proposed sharp restrictions on the owners of Burmese pythons and four other nonnative reptiles, including a requirement to implant their slithery pets with computer identification chips.
Florida's hot and wet climate has made the state a congenial home for species from Africa, Asia and South America let loose by their owners after they become too big or too high-maintenance. A breeding population of Burmese pythons has been discovered in Everglades National Park, where the constrictors have killed native birds, mammals, and in one notorious incident, an alligator. Elsewhere in the state, trappers routinely catch pythons and other large non-native snakes.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-reptiles22dec22,1,2774679.story?coll=la-headlines-nation
MlZad
On-duty SnakeMan, 0-24h
If they can find someplace to crawl into to escape the frost, then yes, they should be able to survive, in theory.
I have a newspaper article that says that in 2002. and 2003. they caught 150 burmese pythons in the Everglades!
Probably they will expand beyond the frost line, given that they are a very adptable species.
I have a newspaper article that says that in 2002. and 2003. they caught 150 burmese pythons in the Everglades!
Probably they will expand beyond the frost line, given that they are a very adptable species.
Grayboelen
New member
Papuan birder said:
Hello Papaun birder,
I'm currently researching Boelens pythons in the states, I would be very much interested in speaking to you about your findings, all the best
Bryan
Papuan birder
- Lost in the Pacific -
Grayboelen said:
Hello,
I will send you a PM
keith richter
Well-known member
I think they go under a large rock in a hole in the ground. Almost like a groundhog hole.
Isurus
Well-known member
I think the issue here isn't their ability to survive frost but rather their ability to lead functional reproductive lives when exposed to prolongued cold weather - normal function like digestion or reproduction will, hopefully, become impossible for feral burmese pythons when/if they get much further north than florida
