Isla Mejia 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

Gulf of California The Gulf of California (), also known as the Sea of Cortés (''Mar de Cortés'') or Sea of Cortez, or less commonly as the Vermilion Sea (''Mar Vermejo''), is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean that separates the Baja California peninsula from ...

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

Mexicali Municipality Mexicali Municipality is a Municipalities of Mexico, municipality () in the Mexican States of Mexico, state of Baja California. Its municipal seat () is located in the city of Mexicali. As of 2020, the municipality had a total population of 1,04 ...

Biology

Isla Mejia 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 ...

s: ''

Hypsiglena ochrorhyncha ''Hypsiglena'' is a genus of small, Snake skeleton, rear-fanged snakes, Common name, commonly referred to as night snakes, in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the Family (biology), family Colubridae. The genus consists of nine species. Three of these ...

'' (coast night snake), ''

Lichanura trivirgata The desert rosy boa (''Lichanura trivirgata'') is a species of snake in the Family (biology), family Boidae. The desert rosy boa is native to the American Southwest and Baja California and Sonora in Mexico. The desert rosy boa is one of four spe ...

'' (rosy boa), '' Petrosaurus slevini'' (Slevin's banded rock lizard), ''

Phyllodactylus nocticolus The peninsula leaf-toed gecko (''Phyllodactylus nocticolus'') is a medium-sized gecko. It is found in southern California (USA) and the Baja California Peninsula (Mexico), including many islands in Gulf of California as well as Islas Magdalena ...

'' (peninsular leaf-toed gecko), ''

Sauromalus hispidus The Angel Island chuckwalla (''Sauromalus hispidus''), also known as the spiny chuckwalla, is a species of chuckwalla lizard belonging to the family Iguanidae endemic to Isla Ángel de la Guarda (Guardian Angel Island) in the Gulf of California. T ...

'' (spiny chuckwalla), 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

*{{cite book , last1 = Williams , first1 = J.H. , title = Baja Boaters Guide II: Sea of Cortez. , publisher = H.J. Williams Publications , pages = 214-215 , date = August 1996 , isbn = 0-9616843-8-0 Islands of Mexicali Municipality Islands of Baja California Islands of the Gulf of California Uninhabited islands of Mexico