Iowa records
Common Garter Snake in Iowa
HarmlessThamnophis sirtalis
Yes. The Common Garter Snake has been recorded in 79 Iowa counties. It is non-venomous (harmless). Slender body with three light stripes running the length of a darker back.
Iowa counties with Common Garter Snake records
79 listed- Johnson
- Polk
- Story
- Linn
- Boone
- Dubuque
- Scott
- Madison
- Cerro Gordo
- Dallas
- Hamilton
- Allamakee
- Black Hawk
- Jackson
- Woodbury
- Jasper
- Dickinson
- Winneshiek
- Clinton
- Van Buren
- Muscatine
- Marion
- Harrison
- Warren
- Sioux
- Mahaska
- Greene
- Des Moines
- Clayton
- Clay
- Butler
- Bremer
- Palo Alto
- Benton
- Marshall
- Louisa
- Jefferson
- Floyd
- Ringgold
- Pottawattamie
- Plymouth
- Monona
- Kossuth
- Jones
- Iowa
- Guthrie
- Wright
- Washington
- Wapello
- Union
- Taylor
- Montgomery
- Mills
- Keokuk
- Cass
- Buena Vista
- Worth
- Winnebago
- Webster
- Tama
- Pocahontas
- Page
- Monroe
- Audubon
- Lucas
- Lee
- Appanoose
- Ida
- Hardin
- Hancock
- Grundy
- Fayette
- Delaware
- Decatur
- Clarke
- Chickasaw
- Cherokee
- Carroll
- Buchanan
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