Isla Las Animas, is a Mexican
island
An island or isle is a piece of land, distinct from a continent, completely surrounded by water. There are continental islands, which were formed by being split from a continent by plate tectonics, and oceanic islands, which have never been ...
in the
Gulf of California
The Gulf of California (), also known as the Sea of Cortés (''Mar de Cortés'') or Sea of Cortez, or less commonly as the Vermilion Sea (''Mar Vermejo''), is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean that separates the Baja California peninsula from ...
east of the
Baja California Peninsula. The island is uninhabited and is part of the
La Paz Municipality.
Biology
Isla Las Animas has two
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
of
reptile
Reptiles, as commonly defined, are a group of tetrapods with an ectothermic metabolism and Amniotic egg, amniotic development. Living traditional reptiles comprise four Order (biology), orders: Testudines, Crocodilia, Squamata, and Rhynchocepha ...
s: ''
Phyllodactylus unctus'' (San Lucan leaf-toed gecko) and ''
Urosaurus nigricauda
''Urosaurus nigricauda'' is a species of lizard. Common names for this species include the Baja California brush lizard, black-tailed brush lizard, and small-scaled tree lizard. Its range includes southern California, Baja California
Baja Ca ...
'' (black-tailed brush lizard).
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Islands of the Gulf of California
Islands of Baja California Sur
Uninhabited islands of Mexico
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