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Garter snake
* Most garter snakes have color patterns.
* Most garter snakes have distinct color patterns
  - hibernate during the winter
* Most garter snakes survive conditions
  - environmental conditions
* Most garter snakes survive extreme conditions
* Some garter snakes carry parasites
  - develop resistance
* Some garter snakes eat amphibians
  - bronze frogs
  - bullfrog tadpoles
  - insects
  - emerge from dens
  - feed on fish
* Some garter snakes have diets
  - problems
  - small dark spots instead of stripes
  - produce chemicals
* begin mating as soon as they emerge from brumation.
  - heads

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Ribbon snake
* Most ribbon snakes hibernate during cold winter months
* Some ribbon snakes have lateral stripes
* Some ribbon snakes reach maturity
  - reproductive maturity
* are comfortable both in and out of water and are adept swimmers
  - reptiles
  - very intelligent
* eat small frogs and, sometimes, minnows.

Gopher snake
* are common in arid and semi-arid regions
  - central California
  - unique among desert snakes
* eat rodents.
* have a piece of cartilage in the mouth that vibrates when the snake hisses.

Green snake
* Some green snakes eat insects
  - live in trees
* do best when they are provided with lots of leafy greenery to blend in with.

Indigo snake
* are a commensal species associated with gopher tortoises
  - active snakes that spend a great deal of time foraging for food and mates
  - massive, blue - black snakes that are a real treat to encounter in the wild
* feed on small mammals, frogs, toads and other snakes.
* inhabit a variety of habitats
  - gopher tortoise burrows in sand dunes

King snake
* Most king snakes belong to families.
* Some king snakes feed on snakes.
* Some king snakes kill cobras
  - king cobras
* are generally very docile and are very common as pets.
* feed on other snakes, mice, young birds, and bird eggs.

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Kingsnake
* are dietary generalists and feed on a wide variety of prey
  - one of the most popular snakes owned
  - ophiophagous
  - primarily crepuscular and nocturnal ground snakes
* eat any kind of snake, including rattle snakes and other kingsnakes
  - mice, lizards and other species of snakes
  - rodents, lizards and frogs
* feed on rats, mice, lizards, and birds
  - the ground, in mammal burrows, and under surface objects
* kill their prey by constriction.
* like to eat.
* mature between two and three years of age.
* usually mature within two to three years.

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Milk snake
* are benign mouse eaters, but they are persecuted because of misassociations
  - constrictors and kill their food by suffocation
  - much more opportunistic eaters than the fox snake or corn snake
  - prey for such animals as raccoons, foxes, skunks, and coyotes
* are usually apt to coil, strike and bite when captured, especially during cold weather

Lined snake
* hibernate deep in the rocky outcroppings.
* prefer prairies and savannas.

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Water snake
* All water snakes eat their prey alive.
* Most water snakes eat prey.
* Most water snakes have eyes
  - pupils
  - round heads
* Some water snakes feed on fish.
* are common, and the lower tropical forest contains anaconda and eel
  - generally heavy bodied
  - located in water
* can climb, and they are often found resting on branches above the water.
* feed primarily on dead, diseased or injured fish.
* flatten their bodies and heads to simulate the sinister appearance of water moccasins.
* give birth to live snakes.
* have a round head and round eyes
* have round heads
  - pupils, no facial pit, and when viewed from above, have visible eyes
* share similarity.
* tend to be nasty.