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Cryptops cavernicolus

Status not recordedother invertebrates

Cryptops cavernicolus is a species in the family Cryptopidae, order Scolopendromorpha. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Cuba.

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Quick facts about Cryptops cavernicolus

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Cryptops cavernicolus live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Cryptops cavernicolus is listed for 1 country.

Cuba
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Cuba

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Cryptops cavernicolus endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Cryptops cavernicolus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classChilopoda
  4. orderScolopendromorpha
  5. familyCryptopidae
  6. genusCryptops
  7. SpeciesCryptops cavernicolus Negrea & Fundora Martinez, 1977

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Cryptops cavernicolus

Other species in the same genus Cryptops.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Cryptops cavernicolus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Cryptops cavernicolus for 1 country: Cuba. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Cryptops cavernicolus?

Cryptops cavernicolus (Cryptops cavernicolus) belongs to the family Cryptopidae in the order Scolopendromorpha.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Cryptops cavernicolus (Cryptops cavernicolus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cryptops-cavernicolus

MLA

“Cryptops cavernicolus (Cryptops cavernicolus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cryptops-cavernicolus.

BibTeX
@misc{cryptops_cavernicolus_2026,
  title = {Cryptops cavernicolus (Cryptops cavernicolus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cryptops-cavernicolus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}