The Barbados threadsnake is a species of threadsnake. It is the smallest known snake species. This member of the Leptotyphlopidae family is found on the Caribbean islands of Barbados and Anguilla.
Barbados threadsnake
The size of mother-to-offspring of large species of snakes (left) compared to small species such as L. carlae (right)
Tetracheilostoma carlae
The Leptotyphlopidae are a family of snakes found in North America, South America, Africa and Asia. All are fossorial and adapted to burrowing, feeding on ants and termites. Two subfamilies are recognized.
Leptotyphlopidae
Texas blind snake (Rena dulcis) on a hand
Forest thread snake (Leptotyphlops sylvicolus), from the type genus Leptotyphlops
Epictia tenella, with coin for scale