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
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