Entries Tagged as ‘Snakes’

August 18, 2008

Scientist: World’s smallest snake in Barbados

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A U.S. scientist said Sunday he has discovered the globe’s tiniest species of snake in the easternmost Caribbean island of Barbados, with full-grown adults typically stretching less than 4 inches (10 centimeters) long.
S. Blair Hedges, an evolutionary biologist at Penn State University whose research teams also have discovered the world’s [...]