garter snake

Synonyms:

grass snake

Types:

Thamnophis sirtalis, common garter snake

a garter snake that is widespread in North America

Thamnophis sauritus, ribbon snake

slender yellow-striped North American garter snake; prefers wet places

Thamnophis proximus, Western ribbon snake

yellow- or reddish-striped snake of temperate woodlands and grasslands to tropics

Type of:

colubrid, colubrid snake

mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes