US EditionScientists in Barbados Overturn Hundreds of Rocks to Rediscover World's Smallest-Known Snake (Copy)
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They raised thousands of stones, searching the humid soil centimeter by centimeter, in one of the last, precious forests remaining on the island of Barbados. For almost two decades, no one had ever had a scientifically proven sighting of the Threadsnake of Barbados (Tetracheylostoma Carlae), the smallest snake in the world. Many feared that it had disappeared forever, another silent victim of deforestation. But one morning in March, the tenacity…
For decades it was considered lost, now researchers have discovered it on the Caribbean island: a thread snake, no bigger than an earthworm"I smell a thread snake," Justin Springer joked, even though he did not really make any hopes.But then he loosened the stone under a tree in the center of Barbados – and indeed: underneath it was a tiny, dark animal, no bigger than a earthworm. More precisely: a Barbados thread snake, representative of the sm…
Thought Extinct, the World’s Smallest Snake Has Reappeared in Barbados—Nearly 20 Years After Its Last Sighting
After nearly 20 years of silence, the world’s smallest snake, Tetracheilostoma carlae, has been rediscovered in the forests of Barbados. This tiny, elusive creature, often described as being no bigger than a spaghetti noodle, was last seen in 2008 and had long been presumed lost to science. But in March 2025, researchers from the Barbados Ministry of the Environment and Re:wild confirmed its existence once again, sparking hope for this criticall…
Barbadian threadlike snake thought to be extinct found under rock in centre of island
Disappeared for more than 20 years, a wire snake from Barbados, the smallest in the world, was discovered in an ecological study.
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