''Calyptommatus'' is a

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of Brazilian lizards in the

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Gymnophthalmidae Gymnophthalmidae is a family of lizards with at least 250 species, sometimes known commonly as spectacled lizards or microteiids. They are called "spectacled" because of their transparent lower eyelids, which allow them to still see with closed ...

. 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

Lizards of South America Reptiles of Brazil Endemic fauna of Brazil Lizard genera Taxa named by Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues {{lizard-stub