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Cryptops patagonicus

Status not recordedother invertebrates

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

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Quick facts about Cryptops patagonicus

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 patagonicus 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 patagonicus is listed for 1 country.

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

  1. Argentina

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Cryptops patagonicus 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 patagonicus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classChilopoda
  4. orderScolopendromorpha
  5. familyCryptopidae
  6. genusCryptops
  7. SpeciesCryptops patagonicus Meinert, 1886

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Cryptops patagonicus

Other species in the same genus Cryptops.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Cryptops patagonicus live?

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

What kind of animal is Cryptops patagonicus?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{cryptops_patagonicus_2026,
  title = {Cryptops patagonicus (Cryptops patagonicus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cryptops-patagonicus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}