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The Moorish Gecko (Tarentola mauritanica) is a successful colonizer that has been introduced in many European countries. In Greece, the species' presence is documented for at least 150 years now and it has been only recently introduced on the islands of Corfu and Lesvos, and the prefectures of Aetoloakarnania and Attica (Athens city). In this document we unify the current knowledge on the Moorish Gecko's occurrence in Greece, with new, unpublished records, museum archives and citizen science data, in order to generate an updated image of the species' extant distribution. This merge of data fills several distributional gaps and also extends the Moorish Gecko's range in two new areas, namely Fokida prefecture and Kos Island. Concerns about possible threats to native herpetofauna are also discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We describe the unusual case of erythrism in the Eastern Grass Snake, Natrix natrix. This colour morph is very rare and has not been reported in the literature before. Despite having observed thousands of N. natrix in the field, we personally detected this morph in only three individuals originating from Slovakia, Romania, and mainland Greece, while photos of a fourth individual from a Greek island were provided to us. In addition, a recent study with a large data set from citizen scientists was unable to produce a single reddish Eastern Grass Snake. Such colouration is likewise uncommon in the western members of Grass Snakes (N. helvetica, N. astreptophora), with two examples provided herein. Because the potential biological importance of erythristic colouration is unclear, we encourage other field herpetologists and naturalists to publish their observations of reddish Grass Snakes in the printed literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the discovery of Testudo marginata (Marginated Tortoise) on Kastos Islet and Petalas Islet in Greece, expanding the known distribution of the species in the Ionian Islands and shedding light on its presence in this region.

The article offers information of TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA (Pond Slider) featured on the cover page of the periodical found in the GREECE, IONIAN ISLANDS.

The article offers information on tail bifurcations of Tarentola mauritanica (Moorish Gecko); and mentions point of bifurcations started 10 milimeter from the tail base, with both tails clearly regenerated, having a pale-gray color.

Information on geographic distribution of Ophiomorus Punctatissimus in Greece, including information on locality, collector and verified by, is presented.

We examined the mitochondrial identity of Aegean Natrixnatrixmoreotica representing different morphotypes, with a focus on new material from Milos and Skyros. We found no correlation between distinct morphotypes and mitochondrial identity. Our results support that grass snake populations are polyphenetic and that southern subspecies, including island populations, show a higher variability than northern ones., Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist., (Daniel Jablonski, Elias Tzoras, Alexios Panagiotopoulos, Marika Asztalos, Uwe Fritz.)