Its natural distribution includes countries bordering the northern Mediterranean, from northeastern Spain to countries rrounding the Black Sea. Currently two bspecies are recognized
T. h. hermanni: countries and islands of the northwestern Mediterranean: Spain, Southern France, Italy, Albania, "Yugoslovia", Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Monte Black, Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Greecia, E Turkey.
T. H. booettgeri: coast of Yugoslavia, Albania, Greecia, Bulgaria, Servia sea Negro.m
Living in areas of Mediterranean forest, scrubland, with open vegetation composed of aromatic plants, shrubs and plants and trees that allow the n to reach the ground.