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Grass Snake

What kind of grass snake is intended here? Clearly not the Smooth Green Snake or the European Grass Snake? Billlion 14:51, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC) snakes will eat u so i

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Regional index for the species list?

I'm afraid I'm not much of a herper (and so wouldn't do this myself), but I think either reorganizing or annotating the species list would make the article much more useful to the reader. SB Johnny 15:54, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Gardens?

they are an everyday fing in the gardens!

Is there any reason for this sentence? I've seen many Garter snakes in the wild, but I can't remember ever seeing a Garter snake in a garden. 142.161.78.31 15:58, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Garter snakes are so common in gardens and back yards that they are often known by locals as "garden snakes". --Kaz 18:39, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Locals where? Not saying its a completely wrong statement, just that its incorrect in one part, they are known as garden snakes in no single locality, aside from English speaking North America (the majority of their range). Its also debatable why they are called garden snakes, many types of snakes appear in gardens (according to the Bible they do their best work there). Personally I've always thought it was because garden and garter sound similar, most people hear garter and think garden (because of the snake's association), I did that myself when I was younger. A paragraph on the name should be added, at least noting multiple common names, if not the origins of each. Such a comment certainly doesn't belong in the External Links. 174.112.18.193 (talk) 15:52, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Venom

I noticed not long ago that the section on venom was removed from the main article, apparently due to lack of sources. It seems to me that the presence of garter snake venom is attested well enough in current writings and it can make you poop. I have restored the article, as well as documented some sources that at least confirm that Thamnophis do indeed possess a mild venom.

I would suggest that, if it is determined that removal is necessary, that only uncited parts of the section be removed, rather than the whole section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.117.107.182 (talk) 15:54, 4 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Diet

"When in captivity a 12" to 30" snake prefers worms. All snakes bigger than that eat mice. I would not suggest frogs for their likeliness to contain desease. Minnos are a nice treat but should not be fed all the time." I'm not English speaker, but for me it sounds like some nonsense. --Vikte (talk) 16:37, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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