South Dakota records
Plains Garter Snake in South Dakota
HarmlessThamnophis radix
Yes. The Plains Garter Snake has been recorded in 65 South Dakota counties. It is non-venomous (harmless). Slender body with three light stripes running the length of a darker back.
South Dakota counties with Plains Garter Snake records
65 listed- Clay
- Pennington
- Brookings
- Union
- Minnehaha
- Jackson
- Yankton
- Roberts
- Bennett
- Fall River
- Brown
- Lincoln
- Hughes
- Tripp
- Sanborn
- Lyman
- Stanley
- Marshall
- McPherson
- Hutchinson
- Harding
- Gregory
- Day
- Meade
- Custer
- Moody
- Beadle
- Hand
- Codington
- Miner
- Lake
- Deuel
- Davison
- Shannon
- Butte
- McCook
- Lawrence
- Charles Mix
- Turner
- Bon Homme
- Kingsbury
- Jerauld
- Hanson
- Hamlin
- Faulk
- Edmunds
- Clark
- Brule
- Walworth
- Todd
- Potter
- Douglas
- Dewey
- Corson
- Buffalo
- Spink
- Perkins
- Campbell
- Ziebach
- Sully
- Jones
- Hyde
- Haakon
- Grant
- Aurora
See the full Plains Garter Snake profile or all snakes in South Dakota.