alligator

nl-noun

alligator m (plural alligators, diminutive alligatortje n)

alligators (plural)
alligatortje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English alligator, from Spanish el lagarto (“the lizard”).

alligator, crocodilian of the genus Alligator


slang

slang n (plural slangs, diminutive slangetje n)

slangs (plural)
slangetje (diminutive neuter)

slang, language outside the conventional register specific to a social group


serpent

serpent n or f or m (plural serpenten, diminutive serpentje n)

serpenten (plural)
serpentje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch serpent, from Old French serpent (“snake, serpent”), from Latin serpēns (“snake”), from the verb serpō (“I creep, crawl”).


cobra

cobra f (plural cobra's, diminutive cobraatje n)

cobra's (plural)
cobraatje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: kobra

Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, from Old Galician-Portuguese coobra, from Latin colubra.


anaconda

anaconda, constrictor of the genus Eunectes


basilisk

basilisk m (plural basilisken, diminutive basiliskje n)

basilisken (plural)
basiliskje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch basilisc, from Latin basiliscus, from Ancient Greek βασιλίσκος (basilískos).

a basilisk, a tree-dwelling lizard of the genus Basiliscus


adder

adder m or f (plural adders or adderen, diminutive addertje n)

adders (plural)
adderen (plural)
addertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: adder

Negerhollands: adder

From Middle Dutch adder, adre, rebracketing of nadder, nadre, from Old Dutch *nadra, from Proto-West Germanic *nadrā.

viper, adder; snake of the family Viperidae


skink

skink m (plural skinken, diminutive skinkje n)

skinken (plural)
skinkje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from English skink, from Middle French scinc, from Latin scincus, from Ancient Greek σκίγγος (skíngos), σκίγκος (skínkos).

a skink, any lizard of the family Scincidae


python

Borrowed from Latin Pythōn, from Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn).

python, constrictor of the family Pythonidae


dinosaurus

dinosaurus m (plural dinosaurussen, diminutive dinosaurusje n)

dinosaurussen (plural)
dinosaurusje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from New Latin dinosaurus, from English dinosaur.

Dit dijbeen is daarom merkwaardig, omdat 't het bestaan eener derde soort „Dinosaurus” in de formatie bij Maastricht doet vermoeden.

1885 June 27, “Nieuwstijdingen”, in Venloosch Weekblad, volume 23, number 26, page 1:

This femur is therefore remarkable, because it gives cause to suspect the existence of a third species of dinosaur in the formation near Maastricht.

Nabij Wyoming in de Vereenigde Staten heeft men het grootste voorwereldlijke dier ontdekt, dat bekend is, namelijk den brontosaurus, een kruipend dier, behoorende tot de orde der dinosaurussen.

1899 February 21, “Het grootste dier der wereld”, in Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad, vol. 21, no. 6422, part 2, page 1:

Near Wyoming^([sic]) in the United States the largest prehistoric animal that is known has been discovered, that is the brontosaur, a reptile, belonging to the order of the dinosaurs.

dinosaur, archosaur of the super-order Dinosauria


boomslang

boomslang f or m (plural boomslangen, diminutive boomslangetje n)

boomslangen (plural)
boomslangetje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: boomslang
→ English: boomslang

Compound of boom + slang. Attested from the mid-18th century.

Dispholidus typus
Dispholidus typus#Translingual


schildpad

nl-noun

schildpad f (plural schildpadden, diminutive schildpadje n)

schildpadden (plural)
schildpadje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: skilpad

Berbice Creole Dutch: skelpata

Jersey Dutch: scheliput

Negerhollands: skildpat

→ Aukan: sekeepatu

→ Sranan Tongo: sekrepatu

→ West Frisian: skyldpod (calque)

From Middle Dutch schiltpadde, compare the slightly older Middle Low German schildepadde. Equivalent to schild (“shield”) + pad (“toad”).

Because of its cheapness I wanted to ask him to give me only that feed without any turtle then, but he interrupted me: […]

1960, Leo Vroman, "Schildpadden in New York", "Proza", Querido (5th ed., 2013). Ik wilde voor de goedkoopte al vragen om me dan maar alleen dat voedsel te geven zonder schildpad, maar hij viel me in de rede: […]

2006, Nettie Dees, Anders dan je denkt, Callenbach (publ.), page 92.
Ze pakte een schildpadje op.

She picked up one of the small tortoises.

2013, Charles Martin, Over bergen heen, tr. by Roelof Posthuma, original title The mountain between us, Kok-Kampen.
Het duurde niet lang of het hele strand wemelde van de schildpadjes.

It didn't take for the entire beach to be swarmed by little turtles.

tortoise, turtle; reptile of the order Testudines


kaaiman

kaaiman m (plural kaaimannen or kaaimans, diminutive kaaimannetje n)

kaaimannen (plural)
kaaimans (plural)
kaaimannetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Caribbean Hindustani: káimá

→ Sranan Tongo: kaiman

→ Caribbean Javanese: kaimang

Ga niet baden daar in de kali / en ga niet trouwen daar in Pesapen / Laat je raden, m’n kleine Ali / wanneer ik jou met raad van dienst wil zijn / (...) / Want een kaaiman zit in de kali / en ook een kaaiman zit in Pesapen / ’t Is je schoonma, m′n kleine Ali / die erop loert dat jij getrouwd zal zijn

1978, “Ajoen Ajoen”, in Anton Beuving (lyrics), Harry Bannink (music), Weerzien met Indië, performed by Wieteke van Dort:

Don't go bathing out there in the river / and don't get married out there in Pesapen / Take good counsel, my little Ali / when I wish to be of service to you with advice / (...) / Because there's a caiman in the river/ and there's also a caiman in Pesapen / It's your mother-in-law, my little Ali / who's lying in wait for you to have gotten married


hagedis

hagedis m (plural hagedissen, diminutive hagedisje n)

hagedissen (plural)
hagedisje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: akkedis

Negerhollands: kakatės, kakketis

→ Virgin Islands Creole: kakates (dated)

→ Aukan: lagadisa

→ Sranan Tongo: lagadisa

→ West Frisian: hagedis

/ˌɦaːɣəˈdɪs/

From Middle Dutch hagetisse, from Old Dutch *egithassa, from Proto-West Germanic *agiþahsijā (“lizard”).

inh

lizard, non-snake reptilian of the subclass Squamata, especially of the Lacertilia


krokodil

nl-noun

krokodil m or f (plural krokodillen, diminutive krokodilletje n)

krokodillen (plural)
krokodilletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: krokodil

From Middle Dutch crocodil, from Latin crocodīlus, from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos).


komodovaraan

komodovaraan c (plural komodovaranen, diminutive komodovaraantje n)

komodovaranen (plural)
komodovaraantje (diminutive neuter)


varaan

varaan m (plural varanen, diminutive varaantje n)

varanen (plural)
varaantje (diminutive neuter)

From Arabic وَرَل (waral), cognate with German Waran, French varan.

the monitor lizard, a lizard of the genus Varanus


moerasschildpad

moerasschildpad f (plural moerasschildpadden, diminutive moerasschildpadje n)

moerasschildpadden (plural)
moerasschildpadje (diminutive neuter)

From moeras (“swamp”) + schildpad (“turtle”).

pond turtle, terrapin (emydid turtle species)


dinosauriër

dinosauriër m (plural dinosauriërs, diminutive dinosauriërtje n)

dinosauriërs (plural)
dinosauriërtje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from German Dinosaurier, from translingual Dinosauria.


brilslang

brilslang f (plural brilslangen, diminutive brilslangetje n)

brilslangen (plural)
brilslangetje (diminutive neuter)

From bril (“spectacles, glasses”) + slang (“snake”), on account of the resemblance with the shape of the black marking on its collar.


gifslang

nl-noun

gifslang f (plural gifslangen, diminutive gifslangetje n)

gifslangen (plural)
gifslangetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: gifslang

From gif (“poison, venom”) + slang (“snake”).


korenslang

korenslang c (plural korenslangen, diminutive korenslangetje n)

korenslangen (plural)
korenslangetje (diminutive neuter)


melkslang

melkslang f (plural melkslangen, diminutive melkslangetje n)

melkslangen (plural)
melkslangetje (diminutive neuter)


trapslang

trapslang f or m (plural trapslangen, diminutive trapslangetje n)

trapslangen (plural)
trapslangetje (diminutive neuter)


koningscobra

koningscobra f (plural koningscobra's, diminutive koningscobraatje n)

koningscobra's (plural)
koningscobraatje (diminutive neuter)

From koning (“king”) + -s- + cobra (“cobra”).

Ophiophagus hannah
Ophiophagus hannah#Translingual


ringslang

ringslang f or m (plural ringslangen, diminutive ringslangetje n)

ringslangen (plural)
ringslangetje (diminutive neuter)


pofadder

pofadder f or m (plural pofadders, diminutive pofaddertje n)

pofadders (plural)
pofaddertje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: pofadder

→ English: puffadder

puffadder, African adder, viper of the genus Bitis


sawaslang

Synonym of tijgerpython (“Indian python)”)


zoutwaterkrokodil

zoutwaterkrokodil m or f (plural zoutwaterkrokodillen)

saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus)


soepschildpad

soepschildpad f (plural soepschildpadden, diminutive soepschildpadje n)

soepschildpadden (plural)
soepschildpadje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of soep (“soup”) + schildpad (“turtle, tortoise”).

compound

Chelonia mydas
Chelonia mydas#Translingual


groene zeeschildpad

nl-noun

groene zeeschildpad f (plural groene zeeschildpadden)

Synonym of soepschildpad (“green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)”)


groene schildpad

groene schildpad f (plural groene schildpadden)

(now uncommon) Synonym of soepschildpad (“green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)”)


tijgerpython

Compound of tijger (“tiger”) + python (“python”).

Python molurus
Python molurus#Translingual


kraaghagedis

Compound of kraag (“frill, collar”) + hagedis (“lizard”).


gaviaal

nl-noun

gaviaal m (plural gavialen, diminutive gaviaaltje n)

gavialen (plural)
gaviaaltje (diminutive neuter)

From French gavial, from Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl).


zeekrokodil

zeekrokodil m or f (plural zeekrokodillen)


gilamonster

From Gila (“Gila”) + monster (“monster”).

a Gila monster, the venomous lizard Heloderma suspectum


gilahagedis

gilahagedis f (plural gilahagedissen, diminutive gilahagedisje n)

gilahagedissen (plural)
gilahagedisje (diminutive neuter)

(rare) a Gila monster, the venomous lizard Heloderma suspectum


hazelworm

hazelworm m (plural hazelwormen, diminutive hazelwormpje n)

hazelwormen (plural)
hazelwormpje (diminutive neuter)

Anguis fragilis
Anguis fragilis#Translingual

(particularly) blindworm (Anguis fragilis)


padhagedis

padhagedis m (plural padhagedissen, diminutive padhagedisje n)

padhagedissen (plural)
padhagedisje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of pad (“toad”) + hagedis (“lizard”); the lizard has a toad-like appearance, as is also reflected in the English name horned toad / horny toad.

horned lizard, horny toad, any lizard of the genus Phrynosoma


krapé

Likely of Amerindian origin, compare Old Tupi karambé. Cognate of Sranan Tongo krape.

(Suriname) Synonym of soepschildpad (“green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)”)


Europese moerasschildpad

Europese moerasschildpad f (plural Europese moerasschildpadden, diminutive Europees moerasschildpadje n)

Europese moerasschildpadden (plural)
Europees moerasschildpadje (diminutive neuter)

Literally, “European pond turtle/terrapin”.

lit

European pond turtle
European pond turtle