List of reptiles of the Netherlands

This list of reptiles of the Netherlands is extracted from the Reptile Database. ^[1] It applies to the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Species not endemic to constituent country in western Europe are indicated by inclusion of their distribution within the kingdom.

Turtles and terrapins

• Loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta(Linnaeus, 1758)
• Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas(Linnaeus, 1758)
• Leatherback sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea(Vandelli, 1761)
• European pond turtle, Emys orbicularis(Linnaeus, 1758)
• Hawksbill sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata(Linnaeus, 1766)
• Pond slider, Trachemys scripta(Thunberg in Schoepff, 1792)

Lizards

• Slow worm, Anguis fragilisLinnaeus, 1758
• Sand lizard, Lacerta agilisLinnaeus, 1758
• Common wall lizard, Podarcis muralis(Laurenti, 1768)
• Viviparous lizard, Zootoca vivipara(Lichtenstein, 1823)

Snakes

• Anguilla bank racer, Alsophis rijgersmaei Cope, 1869 – St. Maarten
• Red-bellied racer, Alsophis rufiventris(Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) — Saba and Sint Eustatius
• Smooth snake, Coronella austriacaLaurenti, 1768
• Russian rat snake, Elaphe schrenckii(Strauch, 1873) ^[2]
• Three-scaled groundsnake, Erythrolamprus triscalis(Linnaeus, 1758) – Curacao
• Baker's cat-eyed snake, Leptodeira bakeri(Ruthven, 1936) – Aruba
• Barred grass snake, Natrix helvetica(Lacépède, 1789) ^[3]
• Grass snake, Natrix natrix(Linnaeus, 1758) (probably introduced) ^[4]
• Common European adder, Vipera berus(Linnaeus, 1758)

References

1. "The Reptile Database".
2. Speybroek, Jeroen; Beukema, Wouter; Bok, Bobby; Van Der Velikov, Jan; Velikov, Ilian (2016). Field guide to the amphibians and reptiles of Britain and Europe. London and New York: Bloomsbury. p. 15. ISBN   978-1-4729-2562-6.
3. Kindler, Carolin; Chèvre, Maxime; Ursenbacher, Sylvain; Böhme, Wolfgang; Hille, Axel; Jablonski, Daniel; Vamberger, Melita; Fritz, Uwe (2017), "Hybridization patterns in two contact zones of grass snakes reveal a new Central European snake species", Scientific Reports, 7 (7378), doi:10.1038/s41598-017-07847-9, PMC   5547120
4. van Riemsdijk, Isolde; Struijk, Richard P. J. H.; Pel, Eran; Janssen, Ingo A. W.; Wielstra, Ben (2020), "Hybridisation complicates the conservation of Natrix snakes in the Netherlands", Salamandra, 5