{"id":70328,"date":"2025-08-01T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/senegal\/politique\/le-plus-petit-serpent-du-monde-redecouvert-a-la-barbade"},"modified":"2025-08-02T02:06:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T02:06:47","slug":"le-plus-petit-serpent-du-monde-redecouvert-a-la-barbade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/senegal\/toutes-les-actualites\/le-plus-petit-serpent-du-monde-redecouvert-a-la-barbade","title":{"rendered":"Le Plus Petit Serpent du Monde Red\u00e9couvert \u00c0 la Barbade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Senegal. <\/strong><\/span>Le serpent fil de la Barbade (Tetracheilostoma carlae) est le plus petit serpent au monde, avec une taille oscillant entre 9 et 10 cm. Il n\u2019est pre\u0301sent qu\u2019a\u0300 la Barbade, et encore, seulement dans certaines localite\u0301s. Il n\u2019a e\u0301te\u0301 observe\u0301 qu\u2019une poigne\u0301e de fois et cela faisait pre\u0300s de 20 ans que sa pre\u0301sence n\u2019avait pas e\u0301te\u0301 documente\u0301e scientifiquement.<\/p>\n<p>Une e\u0301tude mene\u0301e en mars 2025 a permis de rede\u0301couvrir cette espe\u0300ce, a annonce\u0301 le 23 juillet l\u2019organisation Re:wild, qui s\u2019est spe\u0301cialise\u0301e dans la recherche des espe\u0300ces disparues. Connor Blades, charge\u0301 de projet au ministe\u0300re de l\u2019Environnement de la Barbade, et Justin Springer, responsable du programme caribe\u0301en pour Re:wild, ont regarde\u0301 sous des pierres afin de trouver des traces du petit serpent aveugle.<\/p>\n<p><b>Des lignes dorsales orange pa\u0302le allant de la te\u0302te a\u0300 la queue<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Sous l\u2019une de ces pierres, dans le centre de l\u2019i\u0302le, ils ont finalement trouve\u0301 un bon candidat. Emmene\u0301 a\u0300 l\u2019Universite\u0301 des West Indies pour e\u0302tre examine\u0301 sous un microscope, le reptile avait bien toutes les caracte\u0301ristiques du serpent fil de la Barbade: des lignes dorsales orange pa\u0302le allant de la te\u0302te a\u0300 la queue, des yeux situe\u0301s sur le co\u0302te\u0301 de la te\u0302te, une e\u0301caille rostrale sur le nez et aucune ligne glandulaire sur la te\u0302te. Le minuscule animal a ensuite e\u0301te\u0301 rede\u0301pose\u0301 dans la fore\u0302t.<\/p>\n<p><b>Mieux connai\u0302tre pour mieux prote\u0301ger<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Selon l\u2019Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature, \u00ab la seule mention re\u0301cente (de ce serpent) est une photographie de 2005 prise pre\u0300s de la ville de Hillaby \u00bb. Et \u00ab il n\u2019y a eu que quelques observations confirme\u0301es depuis 1889, donc peu de gens l\u2019ont malheureusement de\u0301ja\u0300 aperc\u0327u \u00bb, remarque Connor Blades dans le communique\u0301 de Re:wild. En outre, il s\u2019est, a\u0300 chaque fois, de\u0301roule\u0301 plusieurs de\u0301cennies entre chaque observation confirme\u0301e, laissant penser que l\u2019espe\u0300ce a toujours e\u0301te\u0301 rare et difficile a\u0300 de\u0301busquer dans la nature. De\u0301ja\u0300, les femelles sont connues pour ne pondre qu\u2019un seul \u0153uf a\u0300 la fois.<\/p>\n<p>La rede\u0301couverte de ce serpent permettra de savoir ou\u0300 et quand chercher d\u2019autres spe\u0301cimens. A terme, mieux connai\u0302tre cette espe\u0300ce aidera e\u0301galement a\u0300 mettre en place des mesures de conservation adapte\u0301es afin de la prote\u0301ger elle, ainsi que son habitat alors que les fore\u0302ts ne recouvrent aujourd\u2019hui qu\u2019une petite partie de la Barbade. \u00ab 98 % de la fore\u0302t primaire de l\u2019i\u0302le a e\u0301te\u0301 de\u0301friche\u0301e au profit de l\u2019agriculture depuis le de\u0301but de l\u2019e\u0300re coloniale, il y a plus de 500 ans \u00bb, observe Re:wild.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pour plus d&rsquo;informations et d&rsquo;analyses sur la <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Senegal<\/span>, suivez <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Senegal. Le serpent fil de la Barbade (Tetracheilostoma carlae) est le plus petit serpent au monde, avec une taille oscillant entre 9 et 10 cm. 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