Sentence:  Laurence M . Klauber put length at maturity at two thirds the ultimate length for some rattlesnakes , and Charles C . Carpenter 's data on Michigan <WSD>garter</WSD> and ribbon snakes ( Thamnophis ) show that the smallest gravid females are more than half as long as the biggest adults . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakes