Isla Coronados

For other places with the same name, see Coronado.

Isla Coronados

View of Isla Coronados
Isla Coronados
Geography
Location	Gulf of California Loreto Municipality
Coordinates	26°07′8.52″N 111°16′26.73″W
Highest elevation	289 m (948 ft)
Administration
Mexico
State	Baja California Sur
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

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.

Ecology

Aerial view

Reptilian life

Isla Coronados has 16 species of reptiles, including Aspidoscelis hyperythrus (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 nigricauda (black-tailed brush lizard), and Uta stansburiana (common side-blotched lizard).  

Further reading

• Steinbeck, John; Ricketts, Edward F. (1941). Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research, with a Scientific Appendix Comprising Materials for a Source Book on the Marine Animals of the Panamic Faunal Province. New York: Viking Press. 598 pp. (Reprinted by Paul P. Appel Publications, 1971). ISBN 0-911858-08-3