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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)^[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