does high altitudes kill snakes and why?

Question

does high altitudes kill snakes and why?

Answer 1

cold blooded animals like snakes can't keep their body temperature at a constant like mammals and birds can. High altitudes are usually cooler, so thats why its hard for them to survive. the same thing happens with other reptiles too.

Answer 2

it could. very high altitudes can kill humans too, and many other organisms for that matter.



oxygen is very sparse at high altitudes because of low atmospheric pressure. if you go high enough, you can reach a point where there is not enough oxygen in the air to survive.



also, at these altitudes the temperature is very cold. since snakes are ectotherms, they have no way of producing their own body heat and their cells will freeze and crystalize and they will die.

Answer 3

First I have had snakes shipped via airplane cargo hold, which is not kept at full pressure. They also require less oxygen then people. So as long as there temperature is maintained at a reasonable level, then no, high altitude will not kill them.

Answer 4

there are snakes that can live in higher altitudes.im not sure if there is a limit to the altitude and they kind of hybernate doring the cold months.one example i can give is the timber ratttle snake with i know part of its range is the mountains of pa and va.

Answer 5

It could be because at high altitudes it is cold. And snakes are coldblooded. Maybe they get asphyxiated?

gluck.

Answer 6

thinner air at higher altitude

Answer 7

OXYGEN!!!!!!