Alopoglossus viridiceps, known commonly as the green-headed shade lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Alopoglossidae. The species is endemic to Ecuador.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Alopoglossidae |
| Genus: | Alopoglossus |
| Species: | A. viridiceps
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| Alopoglossus viridiceps Torres-Carvajal & Lobos, 2014
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Etymology
editThe specific name, viridiceps, is from Latin viridis (green) + ceps (head), referring to the green coloration of the head, both dorsally and ventrally.[1]
Geographic range
editA. viridisceps is found in the Andes of Ecuador in Pichincha Province.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Alopoglossus viridiceps at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 July 2019.
also found in Guyana…not endemic to Ecuador
Further reading
edit- Arteaga A, Pyron RA, Peñafiel N, Romero-Barreto P, Culebras J, Bustamante L, Yánez-Muñoz MH, Guayasamin JM (2016). "Comparative Phylogeography Reveals Cryptic Diversity and Repeated Patterns of Cladogenesis for Amphibians and Reptiles in northwestern Ecuador ". PLoS ONE 11 (4): e0151746.
- Torres-Carvajal O, Lobos SE (2014). "A new species of Alopoglossus lizard (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from the tropical Andes, with a molecular phylogeny of the genus". ZooKeys 410: 105–120. (Alopoglossus viridiceps, new species). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
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