Caribbean Island
Aug 4 2008, Sasmita

A snake just four inches long and as thin as a strand of spaghetti has been confirmed as the world’s smallest serpent. Like other small snakes, L. carlae lays a single slender egg that fills a significant portion of the mother’s body

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