It is still not certain that this is the smallest snake in the world, but Leptotyphlops Carlae, only 10cm long, were recently discovered in the forest in Barbados.
The snake’s body is covered with shiny scales with yellow stripes on both sides but it is not obvious. According to experts, snakes are forced into a dead-end situation without food and have had to switch to an ant-eating diet, and the larvae have gradually evolved to the smallest size they are today.
Professor Hedges’s discovery was heavily criticized by the people of Barbados when he named an animal that was too familiar to them after his wife’s name. However, scientifically, he was the first to discover and name this animal.
This snake is non-poisonous and eats termites and termite larvae.
