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Cryptops nigropictus

Status not recordedother invertebrates

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

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Quick facts about Cryptops nigropictus

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 nigropictus 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 nigropictus is listed for 1 country.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. French Polynesia

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Cryptops nigropictus 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 nigropictus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classChilopoda
  4. orderScolopendromorpha
  5. familyCryptopidae
  6. genusCryptops
  7. SpeciesCryptops nigropictus Takakuwa, 1936
Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • クロメナシムカデJapanese
  • 黑花盲蜈蚣Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Cryptops nigropictus

Other species in the same genus Cryptops.

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Common questions

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Where does Cryptops nigropictus live?

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

What kind of animal is Cryptops nigropictus?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{cryptops_nigropictus_2026,
  title = {Cryptops nigropictus (Cryptops nigropictus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cryptops-nigropictus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}