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Cryptops orientalis

Status not recordedother invertebrates

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

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Quick facts about Cryptops orientalis

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 orientalis 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 orientalis is listed for 1 country.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. India

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Cryptops orientalis 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 orientalis classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classChilopoda
  4. orderScolopendromorpha
  5. familyCryptopidae
  6. genusCryptops
  7. SpeciesCryptops orientalis Jangi, 1955

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Cryptops orientalis

Other species in the same genus Cryptops.

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Common questions

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Where does Cryptops orientalis live?

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

What kind of animal is Cryptops orientalis?

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

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

BibTeX
@misc{cryptops_orientalis_2026,
  title = {Cryptops orientalis (Cryptops orientalis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cryptops-orientalis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}