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Cryptops erkowiti

Status not recordedother invertebrates

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

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Quick facts about Cryptops erkowiti

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 erkowiti 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 erkowiti is listed for 1 country.

Sudan
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Sudan

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Cryptops erkowiti 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 erkowiti classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classChilopoda
  4. orderScolopendromorpha
  5. familyCryptopidae
  6. genusCryptops
  7. SpeciesCryptops erkowiti Lewis, 1967

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Cryptops erkowiti

Other species in the same genus Cryptops.

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Common questions

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Where does Cryptops erkowiti live?

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

What kind of animal is Cryptops erkowiti?

Cryptops erkowiti (Cryptops erkowiti) 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 erkowiti (Cryptops erkowiti). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cryptops-erkowiti

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{cryptops_erkowiti_2026,
  title = {Cryptops erkowiti (Cryptops erkowiti)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cryptops-erkowiti},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}