Along the eastern Adriatic coastal region from extreme northeastern Italy and in Puglia south of Otranto, southern Slovenia, southwards into coastal Croatia and a few river valleys in Bosnia-Herzegovina, through southern Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, to western Greece and a site in Aigeira in the northern Peloponnese. 

Subspecies:

Algyroides nigropunctatus nigropunctatus  DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1839

Types:

Holotype: MNHN-RA 2674

Terra Typica:

Corfu.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. (1839) -  Livre quatrième: De l`ordre des lézards ou des sauriens - Seconde sous-famille. Autosaures Coelodontes. -  Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles, 5: 153-317.