| 1. | Also called ring snake. a common European snake, Natrix natrix, having a collar of bright orange or yellow. |
| 2. | any of various small, slender snakes of North America, as the garter snake or green snake. |

| grass snake n. Any of several greenish nonvenomous snakes, especially Opheodrys vernalis of eastern North America or Natrix natrix of Europe. |