Isla San Martín 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 west of the Baja California Peninsula. The island is uninhabited and is part of the Ensenada Municipality.

Biology

Isla San Martín has six species of

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Anniella geronimensis ''Anniella geronimensis'', also known as the Baja California legless lizard, is a species of legless lizard found in Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North Amer ...

'' (Baja California legless lizard), '' Diadophis punctatus'' (ring-necked snake), '' Elgaria multicarinata'' (southern alligator lizard), ''

Hypsiglena ochrorhyncha ''Hypsiglena'' is a genus of small, rear-fanged, colubrid snakes commonly referred to as night snakes. The genus consists of nine species, and subspecies have been maintained pending further investigation.Mulcahy DG, Martínez-Gómez JE, Aguirr ...

'' (coast night snake), ''

Pituophis catenifer :''Common name: Pacific gopher snake, coast gopher snake, western gopher snake, Wright AH, Wright AA. 1957. ''Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada''. 2 volumes. Comstock Publishing Associates. (7th printing, 1985). 1,105 pp. . (''Pit ...

'' (gopher snake), and '' Uta stansburiana'' (common side-blotched lizard). Formerly, the San Martin Island woodrat lived on the island, until it became extinct due to predation by feral cats.

References

*http://herpatlas.sdnhm.org/places/overview/isla-san-mart%C3%ADn/42/1/ * {{DEFAULTSORT:Isla San Martin Islands of Ensenada Municipality Islands of Baja California Uninhabited islands of Mexico