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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books on: Garter Snake  - 189 results

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The Subtle Beast: Snakes, from Myth to Medicine
Book by André Ménez; Taylor & Francis, 2003
Subjects: Poisonous Snakes--Venom, Serpents--Mythology, Snakes
...train into a box filled with snakes which crawled all over him...his shirt? Such films use snakes that are totally harmless; the non-venomous garter snake is one of them, a North...stop hibernating, these snakes crawl around in their hundreds...
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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
APPENDIX: GARTER SNAKE AS PIPE CHILD The following account of Garter Snake as Pipe child from The Gros Ventres of Montana...appointed at once by the keeper on assuming the keepership. Garter Snake was not made Pipe child until she was about six...
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International Wildlife Encyclopedia - Vol. 7
Book by Maurice Burton, Robert Burton; Marshall Cavendish, 2002
Subjects: Zoology--Dictionaries
GARTER SNAKE GARTER SNAKES, WHICH BELONG TO the t...often the most familiar snakes of the United States and...frequently called ribbon snakes. The range of six of these...Canada. The common garter snake is found further north...
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Evolution's Rainbow: Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and People
Book by Joan Roughgarden; University of California Press, 2004
Subjects: Biological Diversity, Gender Identity, Sexual Behavior In Animals, Sexual Orientation
...found among red-sided garter snakes Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis...of the common garter snake, this nonpoisonous snake...The red-sided garter snake has made Manitobas interlake...region world-famous for snake-watching, and the...population of garter snakes. Snake dens or hibernacula...
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Lewis and Clark on the Great Plains: A Natural History
Book by Paul A. Johnsgard; University of Nebraska Press, 2003
Subjects: Lewis And Clark Expedition--(1804-1806), Natural History--West (U.S.)
Western (Wandering) Garter Snake Thamnophis elegans vagrans...Lewis closely examined some snakes seen near Three Forks, Montana...to be much like the garter snake of our country. They have...Elliott Coues as western garter snakes of the race vagrans . Western...
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journal articles on: Garter Snake  - 38 results

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Reproductive Biology of Male Eastern Garter Snakes (Thamnophis Sirtalis Sirtalis) from a Denning Population in Central Wisconsin
Journal article by Dawn Clesson, Alma Bautista, Daniel D. Baleckaitis, Randolph W. Krohmer; The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 147, 2002
Subjects: Animal behavior, Animal reproduction, Snakes, Wisconsin
...Studies on snakes have found all...In the eastern garter snake, the variation...of the eastern garter snake. Seasonal variations...temperate zone snakes exhibiting a dissociated...the red-sided garter snake following emergence...
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Mating Is Correlated with a Reduced Risk of Predation in Female Red-sided Garter Snakes, Thamnophis Sirtalis Parietalis
Journal article by Ryan P. O'Donnell, Robert T. Mason; The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 157, 2007
Subjects: Animal behavior, Birds, Females, Snakes
...in Female Red-sided Garter Snakes, Thamnophis Sirtalis...females. Red-sided garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis...paternity is common in these snakes, and it has been suggested...benefits female red-sided garter snakes by reducing their...
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Population Patterns of Copperbelly Water Snakes (Nerodia Erythrogaster Neglecta) in a Riparian Corridor Impacted by Mining and Reclamation
Journal article by Michael J. Lacki, Joseph W. Hummer, Joyce L. Fitzgerald; The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 153, 2005
Subjects: Animal populations, Animal reproduction, Coal mining, Environmental impact, Habitats, Indiana, Land reclamation, Snakes
...representing 73.2% of all snake observations where the species...be identified. Unidentified snakes averaged 10-11% of the observations...any analysis. The remaining snakes observed included the Northern/Midland Water Snake complex (Nerodia sipedon sipedon...constrictor, n = 33), Eastern Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis...
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Ecology of an Aquatic Snake (Thamnophis Marcianus) in a Desert Environment: Implications of Early Timing of Birth and Geographic Variation in Reproduction
Journal article by Richard A. Seigel, Neil B. Ford, Laura A. Mahrt; The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 143, 2000
Subjects: Animal reproduction, Deserts, Ecology, Snakes
...Ecology of an Aquatic Snake (Thamnophis Marcianus...INTRODUCTION Although the garter snakes (Thamnophis...that checkered garter snakes would feed while...tadpoles and no snakes later held no tadpoles but a garter snake whose stomach contained...
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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
...repeated twice before the snake coiled up on top of...demonstrated in T. sirtalis. Garter snakes with complete transection...and feeding in adult garter snakes. Physiology Behavior...vomeronasal organs of garter snakes. Physiology Behavior...J. L. (1983). Snake tongue flicking behavior...
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magazine articles on: Garter Snake  - 34 results

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Snake in the Kitchen
Magazine article by Maynard Good Stoddard; The Saturday Evening Post, Vol. 264, March 1992
Subjects: Nostalgia, Snakes
...admit, I have never met a snake I liked. Even the garter variety is enough to have...I know about identifying snakes, what we were entertaining...had read that a friendly snake has round eyes and a poisonous snakes eyes are slits. But I was...
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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
...although the common garter snakes that he studies eat...poison-collecting Asian snake, Rhabdophis tigrinus, dont play a role in the snakes attacks on its prey...Berkeley, who has studied garter snakes. Many snakes...NECKS Tiger keelback snakes, found in Asia, carry...their necks. When the snake eats the toad Bufo japonicus...
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Social Lives of Rattlesnakes
Magazine article by Rulon W. Clark; Natural History, Vol. 114, March 2005
Subjects: Animal behavior, Food chains, Forests, Predation, Snakes
...enclosure with a nonsibling snake. The snakes-at least the females...view hundreds of venomous snakes in their natural habitat...notable impression on the snakes. In the middle of a pile, we notice a garter snake seephotograph on page...
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Serpentine Cross-dressers
Magazine article by Richard Shine, Robert Mason; Natural History, Vol. 110, February 2001
Subjects: Animal behavior, Animal reproduction, Manitoba Canada, Odors, Snakes
...Shine , Robert Mason Garter snakes may be the most common snakes in North America, but...the red-sided garter snake provides an uncommon...Manitobas red-sided garter snakes, however, are...amorous male garter snake tell a male from a female in the horde of snakes emerging in early spring...
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Strike, Counterstrike
Magazine article by Stéphan Reebs; Natural History, Vol. 114, June 2005
Subjects: Genes, Mutation, Poisons, Snakes
...predators. But some populations of garter snakes eat the newt willingly. How is that...contract. In the poison-tolerant snakes, however, the protein differs from the one in vulnerable snakes by only a few amino acids. Thats...
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newspaper articles on: Garter Snake  - 37 results

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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
...a child, but working with snakes came at Northern, after completing...professor needed an assistant in a garter snake project." That biology professor...population of Lake Eries water snakes for 25 years. Their research...Wildlife Service to list the snake as threatened under the Endangered...
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WHO SAID SNAKES ARE HISSSTORY? Pet Reptiles Escaping in Hot Weather
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), July 22, 2006
Subjects: Snakes
...her kitchen cupboard. Bull snakes are constrictors from North...last week to discover the 6ft snake in there. "She got a real...order to capture him." The snakes in the SPCA shelter in Rathfarnham include bull, rat, corn, garter and grass varieties and they...SPCA said anyone with a pet snake should ensure its container...
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New Home for Snakes in Lake Co
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 10, 2010
Subjects: Forest reserves
...of the Western Fox Snake Relocation Project, 14 snakes were given a new winter...western fox and two garter snakes into a 12-foot...to provide an ideal snake home. The relocation...would have left the snakes homeless this winter...
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Snakes Alive .. a Baby Boom!; THE RECORD IS TOPS FOR ANIMAL LOVERS
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), June 5, 1997
Snakes Alive .. a Baby Boom!; THE RECORD IS...family are all in a slither ... their Garter snakes Jake and Cleo have just produced 12 healthy...interesting creatures. I know of one pet Garter that is not happy when confined to his...
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Camp a Chance to Pay It Forward, Connect with Kids
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), September 12, 2010
...surprised and curious garter snake from his hand...pretended to admire the snake from some 30 feet away...turns gently holding the snake before they turned it...years hence, leaving the garter snakes to themselves and devoting...
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encyclopedia articles on: Garter Snake  - 2 results

 
 
1.
Garter Snake
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GARTER SNAKE harmless snake of the genus Thamnophis...cm) long. Most garter snakes are striped or banded lengthwise...than the related water snakes, they are found near water...more. The common garter snake of the NE United States...
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Snake , in Zoology
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...family 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...


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