• Source: Calyptommatus

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 five species:

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

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Calyptommatus
• Calyptommatus confusionibus
• Calyptommatus nicterus
• Calyptommatus leiolepis
• Calyptommatus sinebrachiatus
• Calyptommatus frontalis
• Gymnophthalmidae
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