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Calyptommatus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Gymnophthalmidae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Reptilia

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Scaled reptiles

Similar
  
Scaled reptiles, Colobodactylus, Vanzosaura, Gymnophthalmus, Colobosaura

Calyptommatus is a genus of Brazilian lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae.

The genus shows extreme reduction of hind limbs and absence of fore limbs. Also prefrontals, frontals, supraoculars, and frontoparietals are absent.

Species

There are four species:

  • Calyptommatus confusionibus Rodrigues, Zaher, and Curcio, 1991
  • Calyptommatus leiolepis Rodrigues, 1991
  • Calyptommatus nicterus Rodrigues, 1991
  • Calyptommatus sinebrachiatus Rodrigues, 1991
  • References

    Calyptommatus Wikipedia