| NOUN | animal | garter snake, grass snake | any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakes |
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| Meaning | Any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakes. | |
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| Synonym | grass snake | |
| Member of | Thamnophis, genus Thamnophis | garter snakes |
| Narrower | Western ribbon snake, Thamnophis proximus | yellow- or reddish-striped snake of temperate woodlands and grasslands to tropics |
| 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 |
| Spanish | culebra de collar, serpiente de jarretera | |
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