Isla Roca Lobos is an

island An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...

in the

Gulf of California The Gulf of California ( es, Golfo de California), also known as the Sea of Cortés (''Mar de Cortés'') or Sea of Cortez, or less commonly as the Vermilion Sea (''Mar Bermejo''), is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean that separates the Baja Ca ...

east of the Baja California Peninsula. The island is uninhabited and is part of San Felipe Municipality.

Biology

Isla Roca Lobos has two species of

reptile Reptiles, as most commonly defined are the animals in the class Reptilia ( ), a paraphyletic grouping comprising all sauropsids except birds. Living reptiles comprise turtles, crocodilians, squamates (lizards and snakes) and rhynchocephalians ( ...

, including Sauromalus varius (Piebald Chuckwalla) and

Uta stansburiana The common side-blotched lizard (''Uta stansburiana'') is a species of side-blotched lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. The species is native to dry regions of the western United States and northern Mexico. It is notable for having a unique fo ...

(Common Side-blotched Lizard).

References

*http://herpatlas.sdnhm.org/places/overview/isla-roca-lobos/99/1/ *{{cite book , last1 = Williams , first1 = J.H. , title = Baja Boaters Guide II: Sea of Cortez. , publisher = H.J. Williams Publications , pages = 194-195 , date = August 1996 , isbn = 0-9616843-8-0 Islands of Baja California Islands of the Gulf of California Uninhabited islands of Mexico