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Isla Coronados

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Highest elevation
  
289 m (948 ft)

Population
  
Uninhabited

Elevation
  
289 m

Isla Coronados

Location
  
Gulf of CaliforniaLoreto Municipality

Isla coronados beach


Isla Coronados, is an island in the Gulf of California east of the Baja California Peninsula in Baja California Sur state, Mexico. The island is uninhabited and is part of the Loreto Municipality.

Contents

Map of Isla Coronado, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Reptilian life

Isla Coronados has 16 species of reptiles, including Aspidoscelis hyperythra (Orange-throated Whiptail), Aspidoscelis tigris (Tiger Whiptail), Callisaurus draconoides (Zebra-tailed Lizard), Coleonyx variegatus (Western Banded Gecko), Coluber fuliginosus (Baja California Coachwhip), Crotalus enyo (Baja California Rattlesnake), Crotalus ruber (Red Diamond Rattlesnake), Dipsosaurus dorsalis (Desert Iguana), Hypsiglena ochrorhyncha (Coast Night Snake), Hypsiglena slevini (Baja California Night Snake), Phyllodactylus nocticolus (Peninsular Leaf-toed Gecko), Sauromalus slevini (Slevin's Chuckwalla), Sceloporus orcutti (Granite Spiny Lizard), Sceloporus zosteromus (Baja California Spiny Lizard), Urosaurus nigricaudus (Black-tailed Brush Lizard), and Uta stansburiana (Common Side-blotched Lizard).  

References

Isla Coronados Wikipedia


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