They were garter snakes and would not hurt anybody, but Laura and Mary did not touch them.

它们是赤链蛇， 不会伤害任何人，但劳拉和玛丽没有去碰它们。

McCay said predators like " Robins and other birds, shrews, garter snakes, and amphibians like toads may not be able to effectively suppress their populations."

麦凯说，像“知更鸟和其他鸟类、地鼠、吊袜蛇，蟾蜍这样的物可能无法有效地制它们的数量。

Imagine stepping into your backyard to find not a common garter snake  but a 13-meter monstrosity slithering from the underbrush.

想象一下，走进您的后院，发现的不是一条常见的束带蛇，而是一条从灌木丛中爬出的 13 米长的怪物。

But the finding does add a new player to an evolutionary arms race that pits newts against garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis).

但这一发现确实为蝾螈与吊带蛇 (Thamnophis sirtalis) 的进化军备竞赛增添了新参与者。

The garter snake, which dines on neurotoxic salamanders, has evolved resistance to salamander toxins through some of the same genetic changes as the salamanders themselves.

以具有神经毒性的蝾螈为食的吊带蛇通过一些与蝾螈本身相同的基因变化，进化出了对蝾螈毒素的抵抗力。