Smallest known snake

New miniature threadsnake discovered in Barbados

A newly named species from Barbados could be the world’s smallest kind of snake.

Adults of the new threadsnake average only 100 millimeters long (not quite 4 inches), says evolutionary biologist Blair Hedges of Pennsylvania State University in University Park.

A newly named species from Barbados could be the world’s smallest kind of snake.
MICRO-SNAKE A newly named species from Barbados could be the world’s smallest kind of snake.