How do garter snakes stay warm?

Answer 1

they don't

they're cold blooded

Even though snakes are cold blooded, they require warmth, that's why in the winter they burrow to avoid extreme cold and come out during summer temperatures, usually they bask in the sun, or they stay under objects that retain heat and provide moisture, all snakes need to have some sort of warmth or they would just end up freezing to death.

Answer 2

Snakes - just like all reptiles - cannot maintain their own temperature (like us mammals can). Reptiles regulate their temperature by 'basking' (lying) under a heat source (either the sun in the wild - or a heat lamp in captivity). If they get too warm - they simply find a cooler place (such as a hollow log) to get away from the heat. If they get too cold - they move back towards the heat source.

Answer 3

There is only one way. They must have a heat source to maintain their temperature because they are cold-blooded.

Answer 4

Snakes are cold blooded so if they are cold they go into sunlight and if hot they go into shade

Answer 5

snakes are cold blooded and in summer when they become warm they take out thier skin.

Answer 6

Like other reptiles they warm themselves by basking in the sunlight. Since anacondas live in tropical areas they don't really have to worry about getting too cold.