Calyptommatus Explained

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.

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