The most distributed clade, the Balkan clade, expands over most of Europe including Northern Europe and Great Britain (Brito, 2005) (Fig. 1). The Balkan and Italian clade are taxonomically defined as S. a. aluco
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Vegetation cover and structure regulate the patterns of reptile occurrence, but at a finer scale than the climate [7,8].South-western Europe encompasses a relatively rich reptile fauna, favored by its topographic heterogeneity, insularity and mild climate conditions [...