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

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 ...

Biology

Isla San Martín has six 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 ...

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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. References

Anniella Reptiles described in 1940 Lizards of North America Fauna of Mexico {{lizard-stub ...

'' (Baja California legless lizard), ''

Diadophis punctatus ''Diadophis punctatus'', commonly known as the ring-necked snake or ringneck snake, is a small, harmless species of colubrid snake found throughout much of the United States, as well as south in Central Mexico and as far north as Quebec, Canada ...

'' (ring-necked snake), '' Elgaria multicarinata'' (southern alligator lizard), '' Hypsiglena ochrorhynchus'' (coast night snake), ''

Pituophis catenifer :Common names: 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. . (''Pituo ...

'' (gopher 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). 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