Barbados threadsnake

Barbados thread snake
	An adult Barbados threadsnake on an American quarter dollar
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific 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
Synonyms
	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. This member of the Leptotyphlopidae family is found on the Caribbean islands of Barbados and Anguilla.

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