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Calyptommatus
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.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species
Calyptommatus leiolepis
speciesCalyptommatus leiolepis
Calyptommatus confusionibus
speciesCalyptommatus confusionibus
Calyptommatus frontalis
speciesCalyptommatus frontalis
Lesser Microteiid
speciesCalyptommatus sinebrachiatus
Rodrigues' Microteeid
speciesCalyptommatus nicterus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 34768.