🐍 The world's smallest snake has been rediscovered in Barbados - measuring only 3-4 inches long (9-10 cm)! 📏

🇧🇧 After it was lost to science for nearly 20 years, a Barbados Threadsnake was FOUND under a rock in central Barbados during an ecological survey in March by Justin Springer of Re:wild and Connor Blades of the Barbados Ministry of the Environment and National Beautification. Before then, this species had only been documented a handful of times. Now conservationists are hopeful that they can learn more about the species and help protect its habitat!

“I was making a joke and in my head I said, ‘I smell a threadsnake,’” said Justin Springer, Re:wild Caribbean Program Officer. “I literally could not believe my eyes. We were both shocked.”

Many endemic species in Barbados have gone extinct due to habitat destruction and invasive species. 🟢 Re:wild works with local partners throughout the Caribbean to help ensure that pattern is reversed and species and ecosystems can be protected!

Cover photo taken in 2006, courtesy of Professor Blair Hedges