Isla Salsipuedes is an

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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 ...

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

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. The name of the island is a contraction of the

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"''sal si puedes''", or "leave if you can".

Biology

Isla Salsipuedes has six species of

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s: ''

Aspidoscelis cana ''Aspidoscelis'' is a genus of whiptail lizards in the family Teiidae. Taxonomy The nomenclature for the genus ''Aspidoscelis'' was published by T.W. Reeder et al. in 2002. Many species that were formerly included in the genus ''Cnemidophorus' ...

'' (Isla Salsipuedes whiptail), ''

Crotalus mitchellii :''Common names: speckled rattlesnake,Campbell JA, Lamar WW (2004). ''The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere''. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates. 870 pp. 1500 plates. . Mitchell's rattlesnake,U.S. Navy (1991). ''Poisonou ...

'' (speckled rattlesnake), ''

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), ''

Lampropeltis californiae The California kingsnake (''Lampropeltis californiae'') is a nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to the western United States and northern Mexico, and is found in a variety of habitats. Due to ease of care and a wide range of color variations, the ...

'' (California kingsnake), ''

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), and ''

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'' (San Lorenzo Islands 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 = 194-195 , 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