Isla Las Animas, is a Mexican
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 Ca ...
east of the
Baja California Peninsula. The island is uninhabited and is part of the
La Paz Municipality.
Biology
Isla Las Animas has two
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
reptile
Reptiles, as most commonly defined are the animals in the class Reptilia ( ), a paraphyletic grouping comprising all sauropsids except birds. Living reptiles comprise turtles, crocodilians, squamates (lizards and snakes) and rhynchocephalians ( ...
s: ''
Phyllodactylus unctus'' (San Lucan leaf-toed gecko) and ''
Urosaurus nigricauda
''Urosaurus nigricauda'' is a species of lizard. Common names for this species include the Baja California brush lizard, black-tailed brush lizard, and small-scaled tree lizard. Its range includes southern California, Baja California
Baja Cal ...
'' (black-tailed brush lizard).
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Islands of the Gulf of California
Islands of Baja California Sur
Uninhabited islands of Mexico
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