Isla San Jerónimo, 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 Pacific Ocean on the west side of the Baja California Peninsula. The island is part of the large

Ensenada Municipality The municipality ( es, link=no, municipio) of Ensenada is the fourth-largest municipality in Mexico with a land area of in 2020, about the same size as Hidalgo state and larger than five Mexican states. Located offshore, Cedros Island and G ...

and accessed from Punta Baja near the community of

El Rosario, Baja California El Rosario is a town in San Quintín Municipality, Baja California, located on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. The census of 2010 reported a population of 1,704 inhabitants. Geography El Rosario is a small town on the west coast of the state of Baja ...

Biology

Isla San Jerónimo has three 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 ( ...

s: '' Anniella geronimensis'' (Baja California legless lizard), '' Salvadora hexalepis'' (western patch-nosed snake), 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-san-jer%C3%B3nimo/36/1/ * {{DEFAULTSORT:Isla San Jeronimo Islands of Ensenada Municipality Islands of Baja California Uninhabited islands of Mexico