Barbados threadsnake

Barbados threadsnake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Tetracheilostoma
Species:
T. carlae
Binomial name
Tetracheilostoma carlae
(Hedges, 2008)
Synonyms
  • Leptotyphlops carlae
    Hedges, 2008
  • Tetracheilostoma carlae
    — Adalsteinsson et al., 2009
  • Leptotyphlops carlae
    — Lillywhite, 2014
  • Tetracheilostoma carlae
    — Wallach et al., 2014

The Barbados threadsnake (Tetracheilostoma carlae) is a species of snake endemic to Barbados, thought to be one of the smallest snakes in the world.


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