Article 6YVWZ World’s smallest snake rediscovered in Barbados 20 years after last sighting

World’s smallest snake rediscovered in Barbados 20 years after last sighting

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Taro Kaneko
from Environment | The Guardian on (#6YVWZ)

Conservationists feared 10cm threadsnake as thin as a strand of spaghetti had become extinct

The world's smallest snake has been rediscovered in Barbados, 20 years after its last sighting.

The Barbados threadsnake, which had been feared extinct, was rediscovered under a rock in the centre of the island during an ecological survey in March by the environment ministry and the conservation organisation Re:wild.

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