taxonID	type	description	language	source
80876801D4C3721FE56373CF6050E26F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Alopoglossus viridiceps can be distinguished from all other known congeners except Alopoglossus festae by having a double longitudinal row of widened gular scales and lanceolate dorsal scales in transverse rows. From Alopoglossus festae (character states in parentheses, taken from Koehler et al. 2012), the new species differs in having 29 - 32 dorsal scales in a transverse row at midbody (16 - 24, mean = 19.14 + / - 2.25), four ventral scales in a transverse row at midbody (six), and a distinct longitudinal light stripe from mouth commissure to shoulder (Fig. 3). Scale counts and measurements of Alopoglossus festae and Alopoglossus viridiceps are presented in Table 2.	en	Torres-Carvajal, Omar, Lobos, Simon E. (2014): A new species of Alopoglossus lizard (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from the tropical Andes, with a molecular phylogeny of the genus. ZooKeys 410: 105-120, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.410.7401, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.410.7401
80876801D4C3721FE56373CF6050E26F.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet viridiceps is an adjective derived from the Latin words " viridis " and " ceps ", which mean " green " and " head ", respectively. It refers to the distinctive bright green coloration of the dorsal and ventral aspects of the head of Alopoglossus viridiceps sp. n.	en	Torres-Carvajal, Omar, Lobos, Simon E. (2014): A new species of Alopoglossus lizard (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from the tropical Andes, with a molecular phylogeny of the genus. ZooKeys 410: 105-120, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.410.7401, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.410.7401
