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Calyptommatus

Calyptommatus

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Calyptommatus is a genus of Brazilian lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae.^[1]

The genus shows extreme reduction of hind limbs and absence of fore limbs. Also prefrontals, frontals, supraoculars, and frontoparietals are absent.^[1]

Species

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

^ ^a ^b ^c Calyptommatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 January 2015.

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Calyptommatus: Brief Summary

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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.

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