How to Use garter snake in a Sentence

garter snake

noun
  • That makes sense because the frogs are one of the garter snake’s favorite snacks.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Staring at the wall, Hall soon noticed more garter snakes and screamed.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 10 May 2023
  • There were also two dogs and a garter snake named Checkers.
    — New York Times, 7 June 2021
  • Even at a friend's pool party, when one of the kids found a garter snake, the initial freak-out turned to friendliness.
    — Emily Willingham, Scientific American, 23 Aug. 2022
  • For example, the eastern garter snake births a litter of 10 to 40 snakes.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
  • And there’s the children’s pet garter snake, which had somehow gotten loose a year before.
    — Amy Gamerman, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2020
  • Ahumada’s alpine garter snakes have been found in two mountain ranges in Jalisco, the study said.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 1 July 2024
  • Common garter snakes, for example, birth live young, while pythons lay eggs and guard them.
    — National Geographic, 16 Jan. 2016
  • The garter snake's bright blue, orange and black markings are considered among the most beautiful in the world.
    — Erica Davies, CBS News, 4 Sep. 2021
  • Many garter snakes have babies in the summer, so Hall is anxious the problem will worsen.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 10 May 2023
  • The common garter snake is most populous in Wisconsin, the DNR notes.
    — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 6 June 2023
  • People in and around Louisville are most likely to see Eastern garter snakes, which eat earthworms, and DeKay's brown snakes, which eat slugs.
    — Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal, 24 June 2019
  • The researchers tested 18 African ball pythons, a solitary snake species, and 36 eastern garter snakes, which are known to be more social.
    — Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Hinton held up a black-and-yellow garter snake, perhaps a metre long, twisting round and round like a spring.
    — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Someone tried sealing the intersection between the walkway and the wall with a garter snake.
    — Reuben Saltzman, Star Tribune, 27 Oct. 2020
  • And then, in a flash of inspiration, Bushman’s keeper sent for a harmless 2-foot garter snake.
    — Nara Schoenberg, chicagotribune.com, 16 July 2019
  • Twenty feet below, a dead garter snake lie bloated in a mud bath, attracting flies in a macabre welcome.
    — Carson Vaughan, Outside Online, 27 Jan. 2020
  • Over time, the newts have become more poisonous, and the garter snakes have gotten even better at tolerating the poisons.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023
  • With her own money, Vicki purchased a little garter snake.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 23 Nov. 2019
  • With her own money, Vicki purchased a little garter snake.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Twin Cities, 23 Nov. 2019
  • For humans, a bite from a garter snake might cause mild irritation but is not dangerous.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Not all garter snakes develop the tolerance, and researchers have found it’s based on location and exposure to the newts.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Responding to a call about a snake that became tangled in garden mesh netting, an officer removed the garter snake and released it to the wild.
    — Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2017
  • The longer season is great for tomatoes, but warmer temperatures have brought ticks and garter snakes to southeast Alaska, Lowenfels said.
    — Richard Read, latimes.com, 5 July 2019
  • The scientists suggest the garter snakes recognized themselves and were intrigued by the unexpected change in their smell.
    — Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Researchers identified no species immune to the fungal disease, found already in wild species such as garter snakes, milk snakes and vipers in the eastern United States, as well as three species in Europe.
    — Josh Hafner, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2017
  • For seven years, researchers visited dozens of sites across Mexico to survey garter snakes.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 1 July 2024
  • One example: garter snakes, who engage in massive, tangled orgies so exhausting the males age faster and die sooner.
    — Kelly Murray, CNN, 15 May 2018
  • Apart from garter snakes, which are known to cluster together in their hundreds in what’s called a hibernaculum during the winter months, most snakes are solo actors.
    — New Atlas, 21 July 2024
  • But in a grassy area flanked by runways, dense housing and a freeway overhead, Natalie Reeder spends her days combing through brush to make sure endangered species like the San Francisco garter snake are on track to thrive.
    — Erica Davies, CBS News, 4 Sep. 2021

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