Isla San Jerónimo, is an

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

Ensenada Municipality Ensenada is a municipalities of Mexico, municipality in the Mexico, Mexican States of Mexico, state of Baja California. It is the fourth-largest municipality in the country, with a land area of in 2020, making slightly smaller than the state of ...

and accessed from Punta Baja near the community of El Rosario, Baja California.

Biology

Isla San Jerónimo has three species 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: '' 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 (biology), family Phrynosomatidae. The species is native to dry regions of the western United States and northern Mexico. It is notable for ...

'' (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