Calyptommatus
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Calyptommatus is a genus of Brazilian lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae.<ref name=RDB>Template:NRDB genus</ref>
The genus shows extreme reduction of hind limbs and absence of fore limbs. Also prefrontals, frontals, supraoculars, and frontoparietals are absent.<ref name=RDB/>
Species
There are five species:<ref name=RDB/>
- 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