garter snake

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Recent Examples of garter snake Virginia and Massachusetts have recognized other garter snake species as official state reptiles. 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 See All Example Sentences for garter snake
Recent Examples of Synonyms for garter snake
Noun
  • Waterfowl glided near us, a water snake slithered by.
    Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
  • On a water snake, there’s no mask, just little vertical stripes below the eye.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2024
Noun
  • In mouse trials, the antidote was found to be protective against venom from the black mamba, king cobra, coral snakes and tiger snakes, among others.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 5 May 2025
  • The snakes come from the elapid family and include cobras, mambas, taipans, coral snakes, and kraits — among other venomous species.
    Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • In Hawaii, a gopher snake could threaten the food chain because the species has no natural predators in the state.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
  • In Hawaii, a gopher snake could threaten the food chain because the species has no natural predators in the state.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Gray foxes are said to reside here along with reptiles like the smooth green snake and eastern milk snake, as well as numerous birds, including the Virginian rail, Henslow’s sparrow, bobolink and eastern meadowlark.
    Susan DeGrane, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Gray foxes are said to reside here along with reptiles like the smooth green snake and eastern milk snake, as well as numerous birds, including the Virginian rail, Henslow’s sparrow, bobolink and eastern meadowlark.
    Susan DeGrane, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Gray foxes are said to reside here along with reptiles like the smooth green snake and eastern milk snake, as well as numerous birds, including the Virginian rail, Henslow’s sparrow, bobolink and eastern meadowlark.
    Susan DeGrane, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Gray foxes are said to reside here along with reptiles like the smooth green snake and eastern milk snake, as well as numerous birds, including the Virginian rail, Henslow’s sparrow, bobolink and eastern meadowlark.
    Susan DeGrane, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • According to wildlife specialist Kayla Jobe, who spoke with KOKI, bull snakes are not venomous and can be helpful to have near (but not in) your home since the reptile eats small rodents.
    Tabitha Parent, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The backyard was home to a population of wildlife, such as bull snakes, racoons and skunks.
    Dana Oland, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
Noun
  • Take, for example, a species of sea snake that inhabits the inland bays of New Caledonia, an island in the Pacific Ocean.
    Stephen S. Hall, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Such an enormous size is mind-blowing compared to that of modern sea snakes.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Fort Worth Zoo is one of four places across North America that houses the Louisiana pine snake species.
    Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 19 May 2024
  • The Fort Worth Zoo has released a total of 229 Louisiana pine snakes into the wild in recent years, per the facility.
    Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 19 May 2024

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