Saturday, January 11, 2014

Smallest snake in the world

Barbados Thread Snake

Barbados thread snake is the only smallest species from the snake family to be alive. These are found on the Caribbean island of Barbados. Barbados was first described by a biologist named Sir Blair hedges in Pennsylvania state university in 2008. The new discovered specie was named Leptotyphlops carlae, the name of his wife who was team member of the same research. Its average length is 4 inches and look like a worm. Snakes are as small as a spaghetti. Termite and ants larva are their normal diet. Female snake produce only one large egg and newly born is half size of its mother.

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