Isla San Luis 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 C ...

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

Biology

Isla San Luis has three species of reptiles: ''

Callisaurus draconoides The zebra-tailed lizard (''Callisaurus draconoides'') is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. The species is native to the Southwestern United States and adjacent northwestern Mexico. There are nine recognized subspecies. Habitat ...

'' (zebra-tailed lizard), '' Dipsosaurus dorsalis'' (desert iguana), 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

* Islands of Baja California Islands of the Gulf of California Uninhabited islands of Mexico {{BajaCalifornia-geo-stub