Minnesota records
Common Garter Snake in Minnesota
HarmlessThamnophis sirtalis
Yes. The Common Garter Snake has been recorded in 76 Minnesota counties. It is non-venomous (harmless). Slender body with three light stripes running the length of a darker back.
Minnesota counties with Common Garter Snake records
76 listed- Hennepin
- Dakota
- Saint Louis
- Lake
- Anoka
- Washington
- Ramsey
- Crow Wing
- Rice
- Carver
- Cook
- Scott
- Sherburne
- Cass
- Wright
- Otter Tail
- Beltrami
- Hubbard
- Pine
- Clay
- Chisago
- Itasca
- Carlton
- Olmsted
- Becker
- Stearns
- Koochiching
- Kandiyohi
- Douglas
- Clearwater
- Blue Earth
- Goodhue
- Winona
- Rock
- Le Sueur
- Lyon
- Houston
- Aitkin
- Nicollet
- Todd
- Morrison
- Mille Lacs
- Fillmore
- Wabasha
- Big Stone
- Pope
- Lake Superior
- Lake of the Woods
- Lac qui Parle
- Brown
- Polk
- Isanti
- Yellow Medicine
- Steele
- Redwood
- Waseca
- McLeod
- Kittson
- Jackson
- Cottonwood
- Wadena
- Meeker
- Marshall
- Kanabec
- Swift
- Sibley
- Renville
- Benton
- Murray
- Mower
- Faribault
- Dodge
- Chippewa
- Watonwan
- Mahnomen
- Freeborn
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