World's smallest snake makes big comeback

A snake so small it could be mistaken for a worm has been spotted in Barbados, nearly two decades after it was thought to have been “lost” to science.

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The Barbados threadsnake (Tetracheilostoma carlae) was found hiding under a rock in central Barbados during an ecological survey in March by the Barbados Ministry of the Environment and National Beautification and conservation group Re:wild.

“Barbados threadsnakes are blind snakes, so they're very cryptic,” said Connor Blades, a project officer with the Ministry of Environment in Barbados who helped make the finding, in a statement.