Leptotyphlopidae
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The Leptotyphlopidae are a family of small 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
Leptotyphlops humilis head
Texas blind snake (Rena dulcis) on a hand
Forest thread snake (Leptotyphlops sylvicolus), from the type genus Leptotyphlops
Epictia tenella, with coin for scale
Barbados threadsnake
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The Barbados threadsnake is a species of snake endemic to Barbados, thought to be one of the smallest snakes in the world.
Leptotyphlopidae
…highly polished. The pheromones they produce protect them from attack by termites. Among these snakes is what is believed to be the world's smallest: L. carlae (Hedges, 2008). Leptotyphlopids are found in Africa, western Asia from Turkey to eastern India, on Socotra Island, and from the southwestern United…
Tetracheilostoma carlae
The size of mother-to-offspring of large species of snakes (left) compared to small species such as L. carlae (right)