NOUN | animal | grass snake, ring snake, ringed snake, Natrix natrix | harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar |
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animal | grass snake, garter snake | any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakes | |
animal | grass snake, green snake | either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color |
Meaning | harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar; common in England. | |
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Synonyms | ring snake, ringed snake, Natrix natrix | |
Narrower | viperine grass snake, Natrix maura | A small harmless grass snake |
Broader | water snake | Any of various mostly harmless snakes that live in or near water |
Spanish | culebra de collar | |
Catalan | Natrix natrix |
Meaning | Any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakes. | |
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Synonym | garter 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 |
Meaning | Either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color. | |
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Synonym | green snake | |
Member of | Opheodrys, genus Opheodrys | North American green snakes |
Narrower | rough green snake, Opheodrys aestivus | Of southern and eastern United States |
smooth green snake, Opheodrys vernalis | Of western and central United States | |
Broader | colubrid snake, colubrid | Mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial / terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes |
Spanish | culebra de collar, serpiente verde |
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