The Greek algyroides was first formally described in 1833 by the French biologists Gabriel Bibron and Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent with its type locality given as "Koubeh" in the Peloponnese.

[4] The Greek algyroides is endemic to Greece where it is found on the Peloponnese Peninsula and the Ionian Island of Zakynthos, Kefalonia, Ithaka and on the Strofades, It is found in open woods, hedgerows and on the margins of farmland where there is shade or partial shade.

These lizards seem to prefer damp areas and to hides among ground cover, like brushwood and leaf litter.

[1] The Greek algyroides may be often be encountered basking on wood or tree trunks in the late afternoon, in the hotter months of summer they can be more cryptic in behaviour.

[1] The Greek algyroides is classified as near threatened by the IUCN, the main threat being habitat loss.