Isla Cardonosa Este is an

island An island or isle is a piece of subcontinental land completely surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be ...

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. It is a satellite of

Isla Partida Isla Partida is separated from Isla Espíritu Santo by a shallow, narrow channel. These two islands, in the Gulf of California, are protected by UNESCO as biospheres. They are located a short boat ride from La Paz, which lies on the Baja Califo ...

.The island is uninhabited.

Biology

Isla Cardonosa Este has three species of reptile, including

Aspidoscelis tigris The western whiptail (''Aspidoscelis tigris'') is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species ranges throughout most of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Most of its populations appear stable, and it is not listed as ...

(Tiger Whiptail),

Phyllodactylus partidus The Partida Norte leaf-toed gecko (''Phyllodactylus partidus'') is a species of gecko. It is endemic to Isla Partida and Isla Cardonosa Este in Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the ...

(Isla Partida Norte Leaf-Toed Gecko), 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 f ...

(Common Side-blotched Lizard).

References

* Islands of Mexicali Municipality Islands of Baja California Uninhabited islands of Mexico {{BajaCalifornia-geo-stub