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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