Isla Salsipuedes | |
Image Caption: | Isla Salsipuedes |
Map: | Mexico |
Location: | Gulf of California |
Coordinates: | 28.7271°N -112.956°W |
Elevation M: | 50 |
Country: | Mexico |
Country Admin Divisions Title: | State |
Country Admin Divisions: | Baja California |
Population: | uninhabited |
Isla Salsipuedes is an island in the Gulf of California off the coast of the Baja California Peninsula. The island is uninhabited and is part of the Mexicali Municipality.
Isla Salsipuedes has six species of reptiles: Aspidoscelis cana (Isla Salsipuedes whiptail), Crotalus mitchellii (speckled rattlesnake), Hypsiglena ochrorhyncha (coast night snake), Lampropeltis californiae (California kingsnake), Phyllodactylus nocticolus (peninsular leaf-toed gecko), and Uta antiqua (San Lorenzo Islands side-blotched lizard).[1]