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ring snake

DEFINITIONS OF: ring snake

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n any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck

Synonyms:
ring-necked snake, ringneck snake
Type of:
colubrid, colubrid snake
mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes

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

Synonyms:
Natrix natrix, grass 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
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