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Common Cryptops

Cryptops hortensis

55Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
14Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb9
Mar6
Apr14
May1
Jun0
Jul13
Aug1
Sep0
Oct3
Nov1
Dec1

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Isle of Anglesey Wales6
2Bristol, City of England5
3Somerset England4
4Surrey England3
5Nottingham England3
6Cornwall England2
7Essex England2
8South Ayrshire Scotland2
9Gwynedd Wales2
10Kent England1
11Sefton England1
12Monmouthshire Wales1
13Telford and Wrekin England1
14Plymouth England1
38 England2 Scotland9 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 14 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
55
Peak month
April
Counties with records
14
Scientific name
Cryptops hortensis
Group
Centipedes
NBN Atlas records since 2000
55
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Chilopoda
Order
Scolopendromorpha
Family
Cryptopidae
Genus
Cryptops
Name with authority
Cryptops hortensis Donovan, 1810
Described
1810

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q6510089 · GBIF 5179309