List of reptiles of the Netherlands

This list 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 Turtle Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Green Turtle Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Leatherback Turtle Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)
• Hawksbill Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766)
• European Pond Terrapin Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Pond Slider Trachemys scripta (Thunberg in Schoepff, 1792)

Lizards

• Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Linnaeus, 1758
• Sand Lizard Lacerta agilis Linnaeus, 1758
• Common Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis (Laurenti, 1768)
• Viviparous Lizard Zootoca vivipara (Lichtenstein, 1823)

Snakes

• Red-bellied Racer Alsophis rufiventris (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) — Saba and Sint Eustatius
• Smooth Snake Coronella austriaca Laurenti, 1768
• Barred Grass Snake Natrix helvetica (Linnaeus, 1758)[2]
• Common European Adder Vipera berus (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

1. "The Reptile Database".
2. 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