Meaning | Any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakes. |
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Synonym | grass snake |
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Member of | Thamnophis, genus Thamnophis | garter snakes |
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Narrower | Western ribbon snake, Thamnophis proximus | yellow- or reddish-striped snake of temperate woodlands and grasslands to tropics |
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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 |
Broader | colubrid snake, colubrid | Mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial / terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes |
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Spanish | culebra de collar, serpiente de jarretera |
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