#garter_snake__grass_snake__grasssnake  any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North and Central American snakes
  supertype:  colubrid_snake__colubrid  mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes
  member of:  genus_Thamnophis
  subtype:  common_garter_snake__Thamnophis_sirtalis  widespread in North America
  subtype:  ribbon_snake__Thamnophis_sauritus  slender yellow-striped North American garter snake; prefers wet places
  subtype:  Western_ribbon_snake__Thamnophis_proximus  yellow- or reddish-striped snake of temperate woodlands and grasslands to tropics

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