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garter snake

Any of various nonvenomous North and Central American snakes of the genus Thamnophis, having longitudinal stripes.

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garter snake

(Animals) any nonvenomous North American colubrid snake of the genus Thamnophis, typically marked with longitudinal stripes

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gar′ter snake`

any harmless snake of the genus Thamnophis, common in North and Central America, usu. with three longitudinal stripes on the back.

[1760–70, Amer.]

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garter snake - any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakes

grass snake

colubrid, colubrid snake - mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes

genus Thamnophis, Thamnophis - garter snakes

common garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis - a garter snake that is widespread in North America

ribbon snake, Thamnophis sauritus - slender yellow-striped North American garter snake; prefers wet places

Thamnophis proximus, Western ribbon snake - yellow- or reddish-striped snake of temperate woodlands and grasslands to tropics

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