Isla Gallo

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Isla Gallo
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Isla Gallo (south)
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Isla Gallo
Isla Gallo (south)
Geography
Location Gulf of California
Coordinates 24°27′57.72″N110°23′10.15″W / 24.4660333°N 110.3861528°W / 24.4660333; -110.3861528
Highest elevation23 m (75 ft)
Administration
Mexico
State Baja California Sur
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Isla Gallo is an island in the Gulf of California east of the Baja California Peninsula. The island is uninhabited and is part of the La Paz Municipality.

Biology

Isla Gallo has five species of reptile, including Phyllodactylus unctus (San Lucan leaf-toed gecko), Sauromalus ater (common chuckwalla), Sceloporus hunsakeri (Hunsaker's spiny lizard), Urosaurus nigricauda (black-tailed brush lizard), and Uta stansburiana (common side-blotched lizard). [1]

References

  1. "TheNAT :: Amphibian and Reptile Atlas of Peninsular California".

24°28′0.01″N110°24′0.00″W / 24.4666694°N 110.4000000°W / 24.4666694; -110.4000000