Isla Encantada 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. The island is uninhabited and is part of San Felipe Municipality.

Biology

Isla Encantada has only one endemic species of reptile, the Enchanted Side-blotched Lizard (

Uta encantadae The enchanted side-blotched lizard or San Lorenzo Island lizard (''Uta encantadae'') is a species of lizard. Its range is in Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of No ...

References

*{{cite book , last1 = Williams , first1 = J.H. , title = Baja Boaters Guide II: Sea of Cortez. , publisher = H.J. Williams Publications , pages = 227–229 , date = August 1996 , isbn = 0-9616843-8-0 Islands of Baja California Islands of the Gulf of California Uninhabited islands of Mexico