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)
- Hawksbill sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766)
- European pond turtle, 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
- Anguilla bank racer, Alsophis rijgersmaei Cope, 1869 – St. Maarten
- Red-bellied racer, Alsophis rufiventris (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) — Saba and Sint Eustatius
- Russian rat snake, Elaphe schrenckii (Strauch, 1873)[2]
- Smooth snake, Coronella austriaca Laurenti, 1768
- Barred grass snake, Natrix helvetica (Lacépède, 1789) (introduced)[3]
- Grass snake, Natrix natrix (Linnaeus, 1758) (probably introduced)[4]
- Common European adder, Vipera berus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Aruba Island rattlesnake, Crotalus unicolor van Lidth de Jeude, 1887 – Aruba
- Baker's cat-eyed snake, Leptodeira bakeri (Ruthven, 1936) – Aruba
- Three-scaled groundsnake, Erythrolamprus triscalis (Linnaeus, 1758) – Curacao
References
- ^ "The Reptile Database".
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
