Calyptommatus is a genus of Brazilian lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[1]
| Calyptommatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Tribe: | Gymnophthalmini |
| Genus: | Calyptommatus Rodrigues, 1991 |
| Type species | |
| Calyptommatus sinebrachiatus Rodrigues, 1991
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| Diversity | |
| 5 species (see text) | |
The genus shows extreme reduction of hind limbs and absence of fore limbs. Also prefrontals, frontals, supraoculars, and frontoparietals are absent.[1]
Species edit
There are five species:[1]
- Calyptommatus confusionibus Rodrigues, Zaher, and Curcio, 2001
- Calyptommatus frontalis Recoder, Marques-Souza, Silva-Soares, Ramiro, Castro, & Rodrigues, 2022
- Calyptommatus leiolepis Rodrigues, 1991
- Calyptommatus nicterus Rodrigues, 1991
- Calyptommatus sinebrachiatus Rodrigues, 1991
References edit
- ^ a b c Calyptommatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 January 2015.
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