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garter snake
noun
: any of a genus (Thamnophis) of harmless viviparous American snakes with longitudinal stripes on the back
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Virginia and Massachusetts have recognized other garter snake species as official state reptiles.
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Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Snakes like the red-sided garter snake are known to be great pets.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
This is the red-sided garter snake’s grand social season, a few weeks every year when anywhere between 75,000 to 150,000 individuals emerge to mate.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Every male in the crowd competes to align their tails with the lone female red-sided garter snake for a chance at copulation.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Snakes like the red-sided garter snake are known to be great pets.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
This is the red-sided garter snake’s grand social season, a few weeks every year when anywhere between 75,000 to 150,000 individuals emerge to mate.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Every male in the crowd competes to align their tails with the lone female red-sided garter snake for a chance at copulation.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Garter snake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garter%20snake. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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