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、鼠、吊袜蛇，蟾蜍这样两栖动物可能无法有制它们数量。

A garter snake curves its body back and forth. Its scutes push against grass and rocks.

束带蛇使其身体来回弯曲。它腹鳞推草和岩石前进。

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.

以具有神经毒性蝾螈为食吊带蛇通过一些与蝾螈本身基因变化，进化出了对蝾螈毒素抵抗力。

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，走进您后院，发现不是一条常见束带蛇，而是一条从灌木丛中爬出 13 米长怪物。

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。