Using virtually range‐wide sampling for three pond turtle taxa ( Emys orbicularis galloitalica , E. o. hellenica , E. trinacris ), we analyse gene flow across their southern Italian contact zone. Based on population genetic analyses of 15 highly polymorphic microsatellite loci and a mitochondrial marker, we show that the general genetic pattern matches well with the current taxon delimitation. Yet, single individuals with conf...