An adult Barbados threadsnake on an American quarter dollar
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[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[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.
^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.
^ abHedges, 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.
^Species Tetracheilostoma carlae at The Reptile Database
www.reptile-database.org.
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