garter snake
Noun
Meaning
any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakes
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The coast garter is another of the very variable subspecies of the western terrestrial garter snake.
We got to these rather late in the afternoon, and although we startled several San Francisco garter snakes and found a pretty San Francisco alligator lizard (), nary a coast garter snake was to be seen.
There are three subspecies of the common garter snake in the province : Puget Sound (found on Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland), Valley (southern B.C. and the northern coast) and Red-sided (eastern edge near the prairie provinces).
This common garter snake has taken up residence near the pond and patio of the publisher's home.