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grass snake

DEFINITIONS OF: grass snake

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n harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar; common in England

Synonyms:
Natrix natrix, ring snake, ringed snake
Types:
Natrix maura, viperine grass snake
a small harmless grass snake
Type of:
water snake
any of various mostly harmless snakes that live in or near water

n any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakes

Synonyms:
garter 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

n either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color

Synonyms:
green snake
Types:
Opheodrys vernalis, smooth green snake
of western and central United States
Opheodrys aestivus, rough green snake
of southern and eastern United States
Type of:
colubrid, colubrid snake
mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes
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