Calyptommatus

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Calyptommatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Tribe: Gymnophthalmini
Genus: Calyptommatus
Rodrigues, 1991
Type species
Calyptommatus sinebrachiatus
Rodrigues, 1991
Diversity
5 species (see text)

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]

References

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