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The Blackneck Garter Snake (Thamnophis cyrtopsis) is an American species of Garter snake usually green or greyish-green in colour with a distinct, pale yellow or white coloured mid-dorsal stripe and a whitish coloured belly, and with distinct black half-oval spots extending from behind the head for about three rows of scales.
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Butler's Garter Snake (Thamnophis butleri) is an American species of Garter snake growing to about 50 cm long and varying in colour from brown to black and sometimes spotted, and with a small head.
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The Checkered Garter Snake (Thamnophis marcianus) is an American species of Garter snake usually drab green, yellow or brown in colour with a series of regular black coloured, squarish markings. The mid-dorsal stripe is yellowish in colour, lightening towards the head.
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The Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) is an American species of Garter snake varying in colour from greenish, to brown, grey or black in colour with light or dark coloured stripes and occurring both with and without spotting.
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The Eastern Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis sauritus) is an American species of Garter snake growing to about 66 cm in length and characterised by a very dark coloured body with three distinctive stripes, of varying colours, on the mid-dorsum and the sides.
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Garter snake is a popular name for the non-venomous North American snakes of the genus Thamnophis of the family Colubridae. Typically they are marked with longitudinal stripes which resemble a garter, whence their name. Garter snakes eject a foul secretion from a gland near the anus when attacked or threatened, and are harmless to humans. Garter snakes are aquatic, living near to water and spending a good deal of time in it hunting by scent for insects, earthworms and amphibians (frogs, toads and salamanders).
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The Giant Garter Snake (Thamnophis gigas) is a large species of Garter snake growing to 120 cm in length distinguished by a weak mid-dorsal striping which is usually pale yellow in colour and irregular, and very dark spotting arranged in a Checkered pattern.
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The Mexican Garter Snake (Thamnophis eques) is a species of Garter snake growing to about 100 cm long and distinguished by pale green crescent-shaped spots at the corners of the mouth and black blotches behind the head on top of the body.
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The Narrowhead Garter Snake (Thamnophis rufipunctatus) is an American species of Garter snake resembling the water snakes (Nerodia). It is usually grey or olive-green in colour with a series of dark spots that run mis-dorsally and also along the dorsolateral region. The eyes are set high on top the head, more like a water snake than a typical Garter snake.
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The Northwestern Garter Snake (Thamnophis ordinoides) is an American species of Garter snake. Individuals vary widely in colouration, and may be black, brown, grey, yellow or bluish in colour with a mid-dorsal stripe that may be clear or indistinct. They generally grow to 95 centimetres long, and can generally be distinguished by a series of reddish blotches on the belly.
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