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Taxonomy of the genus Calyptommatus Biodiversity of the family Gymnophthalmidae

Bibliography of the genus
Calyptommatus (Northeast Brazilian Earless Sand Sliders)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Gymnophthalmidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Calyptommatus in general

Rodrigues, M.T. 1991. Herpetofauna das dunas interiores do rio São 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). Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 37(19): 285-320.

Siedchlag, A.C.; Benozzati, M.L.; Passoni, J.C.; Rodrigues, M.T. 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.

Calyptommatus confusionibus

Rodrigues, M.T.; Zaher, H.; Curcio, F.F. 2001. A new species of lizard, genus Calyptommatus, from the caatingas of the state of Piaui, northeastern Brazil (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae). Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 41(28): 529-546.

Calyptommatus leiolepis

Ramiro, C.N.; Teixeira Júnior, M.; Rodrigues, M.T. 2017. Reproductive biology of three sympatric species of gymnophthalmid lizards from the sand dunes of the Middle São Francisco River, Bahia, Brazil. South American Journal of Herpetology 12(1): 76–88

Renous, S.; Hofling, E.; Gasc, J.P. 1995. Analysis of the locomotion pattern of two microteiid lizards with reduced limbs, Calyptommatus leiolepis and Nothobachia ablephara (Gymnophthalmidae). Zoology (Jena) 99(1): 21-38.

Yonenaga-Yassuda, Y.; Rodrigues, M.T.; Pellegrino, K.C.M. 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.

Calyptommatus nicterus

Roscito, J.G.; Rodrigues, M.T. 2010. Comparative cranial osteology of fossorial lizards from the tribe Gymnophthalmini (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae). Journal of Morphology 271(11): 1352-1365.

Roscito, J.G.; Rodrigues, M.T. 2013. A comparative analysis of the post-cranial skeleton of fossorial and non-fossorial gymnophthalmid lizards. Journal of Morphology 274(8): 845-858.

Yonenaga-Yassuda, Y.; Rodrigues, M.T.; Pellegrino, K.C.M. 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.

Calyptommatus sinebrachiatus

Roscito, J.G.; Rodrigues, M.T. 2012. Skeletal development in the fossorial gymnophthalmids Calyptommatus sinebrachiatus and Nothobachia ablephara. Zoology (Jena) 115(5): 289-301.

Yonenaga-Yassuda, Y.; Rodrigues, M.T.; Pellegrino, K.C.M. 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.