North Carolina records
Common Garter Snake in North Carolina
HarmlessThamnophis sirtalis

Yes. The Common Garter Snake has been recorded in 97 North Carolina counties. It is non-venomous (harmless). Slender body with three light stripes running the length of a darker back.
North Carolina counties with Common Garter Snake records
97 listed- Wake
- Buncombe
- Watauga
- Avery
- Macon
- Orange
- Haywood
- Transylvania
- Jackson
- Durham
- Swain
- Graham
- Yancey
- Chatham
- Madison
- Henderson
- New Hanover
- Burke
- Randolph
- Caswell
- Brunswick
- Mecklenburg
- Ashe
- Alexander
- Moore
- Guilford
- Sampson
- Clay
- McDowell
- Forsyth
- Hyde
- Caldwell
- Wilkes
- Dare
- Pender
- Rutherford
- Montgomery
- Mitchell
- Tyrrell
- Scotland
- Beaufort
- Catawba
- Johnston
- Polk
- Alleghany
- Cherokee
- Bladen
- Stanly
- Pitt
- Person
- Alamance
- Columbus
- Stokes
- Richmond
- Union
- Edgecombe
- Rowan
- Granville
- Gaston
- Craven
- Carteret
- Surry
- Hoke
- Harnett
- Washington
- Vance
- Pamlico
- Iredell
- Currituck
- Bertie
- Lincoln
- Anson
- Cabarrus
- Yadkin
- Robeson
- Pasquotank
- Onslow
- Halifax
- Franklin
- Camden
- Wilson
- Rockingham
- Lee
- Davidson
- Cleveland
- Northampton
- Nash
- Lenoir
- Gates
- Wayne
- Warren
- Martin
- Jones
- Duplin
- Davie
- Cumberland
- Perquimans
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