GARTER SNAKE

harmless snake of the genus Thamnophis, abundant from Canada to Central America. There are many common species; members of most species are about 2 ft (60 cm) long. Most garter snakes are striped or banded lengthwise, and some are spotted between the stripes. Less aquatic as a group than the related water snakes, they are found near water in dry country and are widely distributed in moist regions. They prey on cold-blooded animals, chiefly frogs, toads, small fish, and earthworms. Females bear live young in large litters, sometimes numbering 50 or more. The common garter snake of the NE United States, Thamnophis sirtalis, varies in color and pattern but is usually blackish or brownish with three yellow stripes. The ribbon snake, T. sauritus, is a very slender garter snake that prefers wet places. Garter snakes are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Reptilia, order Squamata, family Colubridae.

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The Seven Visions of Bull Lodge
Book by George Horse Capture, Garter Snake, Bull Lodge, Fred P. Gone; University of Nebraska Press, 1992
Subjects: Atsina Indians--Biography, Atsina Indians--Religion, Atsina Indians--Rites And Ceremonies, Bull Lodge--1802?-1886
...LODGE as told by his daughter, Garter Snake Gathered by Fred P. Gone Edited...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Garter Snake, 1868-1953. The seven visions...Lodge / as told by his daughter, Garter Snake; gathered by Fred P. Gone; edited...
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Naturalist's Guide to the Americas
Book by Victor E. Shelford; Williams & Wilkins, 1926
Subjects: Natural History, Nature Conservation
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Issues in the Ecological Study of Learning
Book by Timothy D. Johnston, Alexandra T. Pietrewicz; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1985
Subjects: Animal Ecology, Learning In Animals
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Physiological regulations
Book by Edward F. Adolph; The Jacques Cattell Press, 1943
Subjects: Physiology
...42. Rabbit 123 43. Rat 126 44. Garter snake. Reptiles 132 45. Limax 134 46. Helix...
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The Journals of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, November 2, 1805-March 22, 1806 - Vol. 6
Book by Gary E. Moulton, Thomas W. Dunlay, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark; University of Nebraska Press, 1990
Subjects: Clark, William--1770-1838, Lewis And Clark Expedition--(1804-1806), Lewis, Meriwether--1774-1809, United States--Exploring Expeditions, West (U.S.)--Description And Travel--To 1848
...whome had been taken prisoner from the Snake Inds. NB: on a river from the South...Interpreters wife who is a So So ne or Snake Indian of the Missouri, to Speake to...The harbor seal. 9. The "Snake" woman was probably a Paiute, but perhaps...
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A Noninvasive Technique for Blocking Vomeronasal Chemoreception in Rattlesnakes
Journal article by C. Patrick Stark, David Chiszar, Hobart M. Smith; The Psychological Record, Vol. 56, 2006
Subjects: Rattlesnakes--Behavior, Rattlesnakes--Observations, Rattlesnakes--Physiological aspects, Snake venoms--Research
...twice before the snake coiled up on top...demonstrated in T. sirtalis. Garter snakes with complete...vomeronasal organs of garter snakes. Physiology...KUBIE, J. L. (1983). Snake tongue flicking behavior...senses involved in garter snake prey trailing. Journal...
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Women and Text in Gascon Tall Tales
Journal article by Vera Mark; Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 100, 1987
Subjects: Folklore, Folklore--United States, Manners And Customs, United States--Social Life And Customs
...with a big stick, catching first a garter snake, and then a hare, which she clubs...shot down. In the meantime the garter snake has slipped away. An initial reading...finds her first phallic symbol, a garter snake, which she puts into her receptacle...
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Optimal Foraging by Patch and Prey Selection in Thamnophis Sirtalis Similis
Journal article by Stephen G. Perz, Jesse E. Purdy; Journal of General Psychology, Vol. 121, 1994
Subjects: Animal Psychology
...for snakes. Laboratory studies of garter snake foraging behavior have largely...conclusion that the blue-striped garter snake seeks to maximize prey intake...feeding responses in the common garter snake", Thamnophis sirtalis. Animal...
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Disgust as the Source of False Positive Effects in the Measurement of Ophidiophobia
Journal article by Douglas M. Klieger, Kimberly K. Siejak; Journal of Psychology, Vol. 131, 1997
Subjects: Aversion--Psychological Aspects
...their glasses and 1 because of a fire alarm. Measures and Materials The object of fear was an 18-cm Canadian garter snake harmless placed in a covered glass terrarium. The terrarium was not the snakes living cage. It was examined for...
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Young Children Engage with the Metafictive in Picture Books
Journal article by Sylvia Pantaleo; Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, Vol. 28, 2005
Subjects: Children's literature--Forecasts and trends, Children--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
...at the picture. I think it might just be like a little garter snake. Kirstin: Snakes are not slimy. Ive hold them before...Natalie: Jumping up and down and trying to hop away from the snake. S: You think hes hopping away from the snake? Russell...
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Bite This: Borrowed Toad Toxins Save Snake's Neck
Magazine article by S. Milius; Science News, Vol. 171, February 3, 2007
Subjects: Elapids--Behavior, Elapids--Structure, Snake venoms
...he says, although the common garter snakes that he studies eat poisonous...the poison-collecting Asian snake, Rhabdophis tigrinus, dont play...California, Berkeley, who has studied garter snakes. Many snakes eat toxin-bearing...back of their necks. When the snake eats the toad Bufo japonicus...
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Animal Magnetism Attracts Thieves
Magazine article by Michael A. Gips; Security Management, Vol. 45, April 2001
Subjects: Animals--Safety and security measures, Zoos--Safety and security measures
...Oakland Zoo, someone flew the coop with three eagles at the Santa Barbara Zoo, miscreants slithered off with a rare garter snake from the San Francisco Zoo, and there was some unfortunate monkey business involving two tamarinds who disappeared from...
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NWF's Smart Growth Campaign Targets Impact of Urban Sprawl on Wildlife
Magazine article; International Wildlife, September 2000
Subjects: City planning--Environmental aspects, Urban impact analysis--Environmental aspects, Urban land use--Environmental aspects
...panther, black-tailed prairie dog and Pacific salmon, as well as numerous less appreciated species such as the giant garter snake and the southwestern Arroyo toad. According to scientific experts, one-third of the nations animal and plant species...
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New England's Crown Jewel: The White Mountains of New Hampshire: Condominiums and Townhouses Provide the Perfect Home Base for a Fabuluous Family Getaway in the Lush Forests of the Northeast
Magazine article by Wayne M. Barrett; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 131, May 2003
Subjects: New England--Description and travel, New Hampshire--Description and travel, Tourism, Vacations
...etc. Instead, it was an ordinary garter snake that provided the thrills. Walking...for none had ever seen a "live" snake "in the wild" before. It then slowly...gave new meaning to the expression, snake in the grass. We werent inside...
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Collecting Nature
Magazine article; American Scholar, Vol. 67, Spring 1998
Subjects: Collectors (Persons)--Personal narratives, Collectors and collecting--Personal narratives
...We displayed not only things that had once been alive but things that had once held life: the discarded skin of a garter snake, the exoskeleton of a cicada, the speckled egg of a scrub jay, the pendant nest of a Baltimore oriole. Blowfish were...
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Power Outage Blamed on Garter Snake
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), July 27, 2009
Subjects: Electric transformers, Power failure, Power failures, Transformers
Power Outage Blamed on Garter Snake. Byline: Jeff Wright The Register-Guard...Road. EWEB crews discovered that a garter snake had slithered into a transformer...was a "regular, garden-variety" garter snake, not particularly large in size...
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It's a Dirty Job, but 'Snake Lady' Loves It
Newspaper article by Eileen O. Daday; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), November 29, 2006
Subjects: Snakes
...mammals for my masters project," Stanford said, "but I needed a summer job, and another professor needed an assistant in a garter snake project." That biology professor, Rich King, and his students have been monitoring the population of Lake Eries water...
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The Record Is Tops for Animal Lovers; BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY
Newspaper article by Richard O'Grady; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), December 26, 1996
...tropical fish and for his son a pet Garter or Corn Snake plus tank, plus heater, plus hood...trouble when they do. We had a Garter snake handed in to the zoo during the...a vet phoned abut a young Corn snake found sitting in the middle of...
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Life Is Sweet on the Sugar River and in Green County, Wis
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), May 22, 2005
...to its nest and the kids were speculating as to what kind it might be - deciding it must be a harmless garter snake or perhaps a water snake. The youngest of the three, who had a vivid imagination, suggested it might be a cobra. For several years...
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Work Assignment Is for the Birds
Newspaper article by A.R. Hogan; The Washington Times, September 5, 1996
...across her gray-sweatered shoulders. "Ive always had a love for snakes," Miss Babonis says. She says she found a garter snake in a Maine apple orchard at age 4, has kept reptile pets for 12 years and adopted Vaughn last Christmastime after someone...
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Garter Snake
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GARTER SNAKE harmless snake of the genus Thamnophis...sometimes numbering 50 or more. The common garter snake of the NE United States, Thamnophis sirtalis...snake, T. sauritus, is a very slender garter snake that prefers wet places. Garter snakes...
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Snake , in Zoology
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Colubridae; most of these are nonvenomous. Among the harmless colubrid snakes of North America are the garter snakes (including the ribbon snake), the water snakes, the green, or grass, snakes, the black snakes , the racers , the king snakes...


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