The Mojaves are smaller and don't range that far up.
I've never heard of any viridis up that far but he may have found the first.
I suppose a scientific write up and submission to the proper authorities to verify would be in order.
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I see southerns fairly often down here and northerns not to often when I manage to escape this pit. My guess is it's a northern.