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title: "Common Cryptops"
description: "Cryptops hortensis — Outros animais. Cryptops hortensis, the common cryptops, is a species of centipede in the family Cryptopidae, genus Cryptops (Leach 1814)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/common-cryptops
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Cryptops

> Cryptops hortensis — Outros animais. Cryptops hortensis, the common cryptops, is a species of centipede in the family Cryptopidae, genus Cryptops (Leach 1814).

- Scientific name: *Cryptops hortensis*
- Category: `other` (Outros animais)
- Habitats: `urban` (Cidades e jardins)
- iNaturalist observations: 1510
- Wikidata: [Q6510089](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6510089)
- iNaturalist taxon: [336908](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/336908)

## Names

- en: Common Cryptops
- de: Gartenskolopender
- fr: Cryptops des jardins
- nl: Tuinbladkruiper

## Countries with the most observations

US (174), GB (57), FR (42), UA (17), CA (12), DE (12), RO (7), PL (4), AU (3), BE (3), RU (3)

## Summary

Cryptops hortensis, the common cryptops, is a species of centipede in the family Cryptopidae, genus Cryptops (Leach 1814).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptops_hortensis

## Photo

![Common Cryptops](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-cryptops/medium.jpg)

Photo: Liubov Ilminska · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/123658198

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-cryptops?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).