For nearly two decades, no one had spotted the world’s smallest-known snake.
“After a year of searching, you begin to get a little pessimistic," said Connor Blades, project officer with the Ministry of Environment in Barbados.
Some scientists worried that maybe the Barbados threadsnake had become extinct, but Blades found it under a rock in a forest in Barbados.
The snake can fit comfortably on a coin, so it was able to elude scientists for almost 20 years.
On Wednesday, the Re:wild conservation group, which is collaborating with the local environment ministry, announced the rediscovery of the Barbados threadsnake.
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