Calyptommatus
Calyptommatus is a genus of Brazilian lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[1]
Calyptommatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
Tribe: | Gymnophthalmini |
Genus: | Calyptommatus Rodrigues, 1991 |
Type species | |
Calyptommatus sinebrachiatus Rodrigues, 1991 | |
Diversity | |
4 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
There are four species:[1]
- Calyptommatus confusionibus Rodrigues, Zaher, and Curcio, 2001
- Calyptommatus leiolepis Rodrigues, 1991
- Calyptommatus nicterus Rodrigues, 1991
- Calyptommatus sinebrachiatus Rodrigues, 1991
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