Meet the Barbados threadsnake. Measuring just 10 centimeters (4 inches) long, the Barbados threadsnake (Leptotyphlops carlae) holds the Guinness World Record for the smallest snake in the world. You don’t want to get your hopes up too high.”<span class="fr-mk" style="display: none;"> </span><span class="fr-mk" style="display: none;"> </span><span class="fr-mk" style="display: none;"> </span><span class="fr-mk" style="display: none;"> </span><span class="fr-mk" style="display: none;"> </span>Very little is known about the ecology of the threadsnake. They also closely resemble another species, the Brahminy blind snake (Indotyphlops braminus), an invasive species that was accidentally introduced to Barbados. The IUCN lists the Barbados threadsnake as Critically Endangered.