Calyptommatus nicterus RODRIGUES, 1991

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Higher Taxa	Gymnophthalmidae (Gymnophthalminae), Gymnophthalmini, Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Rodrigues' Microteeid
Synonym	Calyptommatus nicterus RODRIGUES 1991 Calyptommatus nicterus — CASTOE et al. 2004
Distribution	Brazil (Bahia) Type locality: Brasil: Bahia: Capim Verde (10°35 S, 42°34’W)
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MZUSP 70.429
Diagnosis
Comment	Limb morphology: shows extreme reduction of hind limbs, absence of fore limbs. They also show absence of prefrontals, frontals, supraoculars and frontoparietals, and are thought to be related to the recently described genus Nothobachia. Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). Behavior: fossorial nocturnal
References	Castoe, T.A.; Doan, T.M. & Parkinson, C.L. 2004. Data partitions and complex models in Bayesian analysis: the phylogeny of Gymnophthalmid lizards. Systematic Biology 53 (3): 448-469 - get paper here Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here Rodrigues M T 1991. Herpetofauna das dunas interiores do rio Sao Francisco, Bahia, Brasil. 1. Introducao a area e descricao de um novo genero de microteiideos (Calyptommatus) com notas sobre sua ecologia, distribuicao e especiacao (Sauria, Teiidae). Pap. Avul. Zool., Sao Paulo 37(19) 1991: 285-320 - get paper here Rodrigues, M.T. 2003. Herpetofauna da Caatinga. In: I.R. Leal, M. Tabarelli & J.M.C. Silva (eds.). Ecologia e conservação da Caatinga, pp. 181-236. Editora Universitária, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brasil. Siedchlag, Ana Carolina; Maria Lúcia Benozzati, José Carlos Passoni, Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues 2010. Genetic structure, phylogeny, and biogeography of Brazilian eyelid-less lizards of genera Calyptommatus and Nothobachia (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) as inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56 (2): 622-630 - get paper here Uchôa LR, Delfim FR, Mesquita DO, Colli GR, Garda AA, Guedes TB 2022. Lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Caatinga, northeastern Brazil: Detailed and updated overview. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 599-659 - get paper here Yonenaga-Yassuda, Yatiyo et al. 2005. Chromosomal banding patterns in the eyelid-less microteiid lizard radiation: The X1X1X2X2:X1X2Y sex chromosome system in Calyptommatus and the karyotypes of Psilophthalmus and Tretioscincus (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae). Genetics and Molecular Biology 28 (4): 700-709 - get paper here Yovanovich, C. A. M., Pierotti, M. E. R., Rodrigues, M. T. & Grant, T. 2019. A dune with a view: the eyes of a neotropical fossorial lizard. Front. Zool. 16: 17 (2019) - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.grupo.org.br/logos/prof/ze/doutorad.htm http://www.wildherps.com/species/C.dorsalis.html Google images

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