Rediscovery of the Barbados Threadsnake: The World's Smallest Snake UPSC Prelims Subject Environment and Ecology (Biodiversity, Speci...
Rediscovery of the Barbados Threadsnake: The World's Smallest Snake
UPSC Prelims Subject
Environment and Ecology (Biodiversity, Species in News, Conservation).
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The Barbados threadsnake, known as the world's smallest snake, has been rediscovered after approximately 20 years.
It was found on the eastern Caribbean island of Barbados.
The discovery was made by the conservation group Re:wild and the Ministry of Environment in Barbados.
This snake was on the list of species "lost to science."
Its scientific name is Tetracheilostoma carlae.
It is blind and lives in burrows in the soil. It feeds on termites and ants.
When fully grown, it only reaches about 10 centimeters in length, small enough to fit on a coin.
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