garter

Example Sentences

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Official snake: The giant garter snake is recognized as the official snake of California.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2026

When mice invaded his house, he didn’t poison them but enlisted the help of a garter snake he found outside.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Lacking Spotify, they decided to pass the time by undertaking “an enumeration and actual count” of road-killed animals—a battered weasel here, a flattened garter snake there.

From Slate • May 25, 2024

For the first time, researchers — employing an innovative twist on the mirror test — have found evidence that garter snakes can distinguish themselves from others, using not sight but scent.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2024

“No,” Tansy said, “Alice’s favorite pet is a little green garter snake that lives in her purse.”

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck