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Cryptops positus

Status not recordedother invertebrates

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

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Quick facts about Cryptops positus

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 positus 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 positus is listed for 1 country.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Honduras

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Cryptops positus 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 positus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classChilopoda
  4. orderScolopendromorpha
  5. familyCryptopidae
  6. genusCryptops
  7. SpeciesCryptops positus Chamberlin, 1939

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Cryptops positus

Other species in the same genus Cryptops.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Cryptops positus live?

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

What kind of animal is Cryptops positus?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{cryptops_positus_2026,
  title = {Cryptops positus (Cryptops positus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cryptops-positus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}