Snake species only seen a handful of times found after 20 years

Snake species only seen a handful of times found after 20 years

After two decades, scientists spot the world’s smallest known snake. This extremely elusive snake is known as the Barbados threadsnake.

Lost for Decades, Team Rediscovers World's Smallest Snake

The world’s smallest snake species is the Barbados threadsnake (Tetracheilostoma carlae), a blind snake that’s just 3-4 inches long. The snake lives only in one place: Barbados. Scientists hadn’t seen a live Barbados threadsnake in nearly 20 years, but all of that changed when a team of researchers lifted a rock. The team rediscovered a species some scientists feared had already gone extinct; thankfully, Earth’s smallest snake was simply a littl…