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Leptotyphlopidae
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Leptotyphlopidae [‚lep·tō·ti′fläp·ə‚dē]
(vertebrate zoology)
A family of small, harmless, burrowing circumtropical snakes (Serpentes) in the order Squamata; teeth are present only on the lower jaw and are few in number.


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An international panel of natural science experts has also given top 10 status to a Madagascan palm tree which "flowers itself to death" and the Barbados threadsnake, thought to be the smallest in the world.
The Barbados Threadsnake - Leptotyphlops carlae - measuring 4.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Microsnake Adults of a newly discovered threadsnake from Barbados, Leptotyphlops carlae, average only 100 millimeters in length and could be the world's smallest kind of snake (SN: 8/30/08, p.
 
 
 
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