Distribution; world
Southern Europe eastwards to the Levant. The species has been introduced to the Canary Islands:
*CH, CY, DE, ES, ES-BI, ES-IC, FL, FR, FR-CO, GR-AN, IT, IT-SA, IT-SI, GR, GR-DD, MT, PT, SL, UA, YU, IL
Conservation status; world
Conservation status: DE - RDB5 (DD), DE2 - RDBD (DD), SL - RDB1-2 (EN), EU - RDB-LC (Nieto et al, 2014)