In recognition of these reptiles, here is a list of the world’s smallest snakes, from descending size. This snake is one of the thousands of garter snakes, which are members of the Thamnophis genus.

Blair Hedges, whose research teams also have discovered the world's tiniest lizard in the Dominican Republic and the smallest frog in Cuba. Hedges recently became the first to describe the snake ...

The “tiny” snake is often mistaken for an earthworm and is being shipped globally unintentionally in the root balls of ...

The flowerpot snake, one of the world's smallest snakes, has some unusual distinctions. Also known as the Brahminy blind snake, it's the only known snake species with three sets of chromosomes instead ...