Tarentola mauritanica (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) in Greece: an update on the species’ distribution, including new records

. 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 In this document we unify the current knowledge on the Moorish Gecko's occurrence in Greece, with new, unpublished records, museum archives and citizen science data, in order to generate an updated image of the species' extant distribution.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.