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Aestivation (Latin: aestas (summer); also spelled estivation in American English) is a state of animal dormancy, similar to hibernation, although taking place in the summer rather than the winter. Aestivation is characterized by inactivity and a lowered metabolic rate, that is entered in response to high temperatures and arid conditions. [ 1 ]
Northern bat hibernating in Norway Bats hibernating in a silver mine. Hibernation is a state of minimal activity and metabolic depression undergone by some animal species. . Hibernation is a seasonal heterothermy characterized by low body-temperature, slow breathing and heart-rate, and low metaboli
When the temperatures begin to drop, snakes go into a state called brumation.This event acts as a type of hibernation for cold-blooded animals. “Cold temperatures cause reptiles and amphibians ...
Amphibians such as salamanders and frogs in a local area usually use the same overwintering area and the same breeding area, returning generation after generation to the area in which they were spawned. [2] [3] [4] The breeding locations are areas where vernal pools develop from snowmelt and spring rains. [3]
The survival of amphibians and reptiles during winter is just as fascinating as the long migration of birds or the winter snooze of woodchucks and chipmunks.
There are many animals that do go into full hibernation. True hibernators include squirrels , mice, bats, and turtles . They go into hibernation when the temperatures start to drop or when food is ...
These frogs (if one includes the two very closely related species, as discussed above) are the most common frogs on the West Coast of North America. Although Pacific tree frogs remain abundant, some other species found in the same areas, such as California red-legged frogs, are declining. Most populations of tree frogs appear healthy, and they ...
Adult wood frogs spend summer months in moist woodlands, forested swamps, ravines, or bogs. During the fall, they leave summer habitats and migrate to neighboring uplands to overwinter. Some may remain in moist areas to overwinter. Hibernacula tend to be in the upper organic layers of the soil, under leaf litter. By overwintering in uplands ...