Calyptommatus
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| Calyptommatus | |
|---|---|
Scientific 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]
