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Are there any snakes in Utah in the winter time?

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Nope, they all go to Idaho... here's your sign.

Snakes and many other reptiles find shelter in holes or burrows, and spend the winter inactive, or dormant. This is similar to hibernation.

Snakes crawl into caves, hollow logs, or other animal's burrows to hibernate. Sometimes there will be as many as a hundred snakes in one cave. (A group site is called a hibernaculum)

Snakes may also hibernate in any area free from frost and can be found in narrow crevices in rocks, animal burrows, holes under trees and stumps, under wood piles, and occasionally in basements.

During the first warm days of spring snakes emerge from their dens and begin sunning. After temperatures consistently stay above freezing snakes will begin searching for food and move gradually to their summer range and birthing areas. These movements can be as far away as five miles or as short as a 1/4 mile.

In the fall, snakes move back to the previous year's den. If a sudden cold snap catches them they may either die or be fortunate and find a suitable secondary den. They usually do not stay long at the den entrance, but hurry in for the long winter sleep.

A number of species may share the same den. For example, black rat snakes, timber rattlesnakes and copperheads commonly den together. In fact, the black rat snake was formerly called the pilot black snake because it was believed that this snake "piloted" the way out of the den in the spring for the rattlesnake.

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