Common Garter Snake

Closest Relatives at Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Wood Buffalo National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	70–80%
2	Cape Breton Highlands National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	60–70%
3	Point Pelee National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	60–70%
4	Isle Royale National Park	🇺🇸 United States	50–60%
5	Voyageurs National Park	🇺🇸 United States	40–50%
6	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	40–50%
7	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	40–50%
8	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	40–50%
9	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	40–50%
10	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	30–40%
11	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	20–30%
12	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
13	Congaree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
14	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
15	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
16	Jasper National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	0–10%
17	Grand Teton National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
18	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	0–10%
19	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
20	Badlands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
21	Elk Island National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
22	Riding Mountain National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
23	Gros Morne National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
24	Yellowstone National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
25	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Common Garter Snake in Great Smoky Mountains National Park?

About 41% of visitor-days record a Common Garter Snake sighting in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, based on 371 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Common Garter Snake in Great Smoky Mountains National Park?

April has the highest sighting rate for Common Garter Snake in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in our monthly data.