Barbados threadsnake

Barbados thread snake
An adult Barbados threadsnake on an American quarter dollar
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Leptotyphlopidae
Genus: Tetracheilostoma
Species:
T. carlae
Binomial name
Tetracheilostoma carlae
Hedges, 2008[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • 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 threadsnake. It is the smallest known snake species.[2] This member of the Leptotyphlopidae family is found on the Caribbean islands of Barbados and Anguilla.

  1. ^ Daltry JC, Powell R, Henderson RW (2016). "Tetracheilostoma carlae (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T203637A115351519. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T203637A2769298.en. Downloaded on 26 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b Hedges, S. Blair (August 4, 2008). "At the lower size limit in snakes: two new species of threadsnakes (Squamata: Leptotyphlopidae: Leptotyphlops) from the Lesser Antilles" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1841: 1–30. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1841.1.1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  3. ^ Species Tetracheilostoma carlae at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.