New York records
Common Garter Snake in New York
HarmlessThamnophis sirtalis
Yes. The Common Garter Snake has been recorded in 63 New York counties. It is non-venomous (harmless). Slender body with three light stripes running the length of a darker back.
New York counties with Common Garter Snake records
63 listed- Tompkins
- Ulster
- Monroe
- Onondaga
- Westchester
- Dutchess
- Erie
- Broome
- Albany
- Suffolk
- Saratoga
- Saint Lawrence
- Orange
- Livingston
- Essex
- Richmond
- Oswego
- Rockland
- Greene
- Sullivan
- Warren
- Schuyler
- Tioga
- Columbia
- Franklin
- Bronx
- Cattaraugus
- Lake Ontario
- Rensselaer
- Chautauqua
- Jefferson
- Hamilton
- Madison
- Ontario
- Oneida
- Nassau
- Genesee
- Putnam
- Chemung
- Steuben
- Cortland
- Delaware
- Wyoming
- Cayuga
- Wayne
- Washington
- Allegany
- Queens
- Clinton
- Seneca
- Otsego
- Niagara
- Chenango
- Schenectady
- Schoharie
- Herkimer
- Yates
- New York
- Kings
- Lewis
- Fulton
- Orleans
- Montgomery
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