thamnophis sirtalis

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   a garter snake that is widespread in North America

   Synonymscommon garter snake

   Broadergarter snake

Questions about thamnophis sirtalis

What does thamnophis sirtalis mean?

thamnophis sirtalis means "a garter snake that is widespread in North America".

What is another word for thamnophis sirtalis?

Close synonyms include common garter snake. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is thamnophis sirtalis a common word?

thamnophis sirtalis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.