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Cryptops omissus

Status not recordedother invertebrates

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

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Quick facts about Cryptops omissus

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 omissus 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 omissus is listed for 1 country.

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

  1. Kenya

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Cryptops omissus 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 omissus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classChilopoda
  4. orderScolopendromorpha
  5. familyCryptopidae
  6. genusCryptops
  7. SpeciesCryptops omissus Ribaut, 1915

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Cryptops omissus

Other species in the same genus Cryptops.

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Common questions

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Where does Cryptops omissus live?

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

What kind of animal is Cryptops omissus?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{cryptops_omissus_2026,
  title = {Cryptops omissus (Cryptops omissus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cryptops-omissus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}