Isla Rasa
{{Short description|Island in the Gulf of California}}
{{Infobox islands |name = Isla Rasa
|image_caption = Isla Rasa
| map = Mexico
| map_caption =
|location = Gulf of California
|coordinates= {{coord|28|49|26.12|N|112|58|49.03|W|scale:1000000}}
|area_km2 =
|elevation_m = 10
|country = Mexico
|country_admin_divisions_title = State
|country_admin_divisions = Baja California
|population = uninhabited
|module = {{Designation list
| embed = yes
| designation1 = Ramsar
| designation1_date = 2 February 2006
| designation1_number = 1603{{Cite web|title=Isla Rasa|website=Ramsar Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/1603|accessdate=25 April 2018}}}}
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Isla Rasa is an island in the Gulf of California east of the Baja California Peninsula. The island is uninhabited and is part of the Mexicali Municipality. The 0.21 sq./mi island has three small ponds and has small shed located in the center of the island.
Biology
Isla Rasa has three species of reptiles: Phyllodactylus nocticolus (peninsular leaf-toed gecko), Sauromalus hispidus (spiny chuckwalla), and Uta stansburiana (common side-blotched lizard).{{cite web|url=http://herpatlas.sdnhm.org/places/overview/isla-rasa/98/1/ |title=Isla Rasa |work=Amphibian and Reptile Atlas of Peninsular California |year=2015 |accessdate=5 March 2015}}
Isla Rasa is also the primary nesting site for about 95% of the world's Heermann's gulls and elegant terns.
References
{{reflist}}
- {{cite book
| last1 = Williams | first1 = J.H.
| title = Baja Boaters Guide II: Sea of Cortez.
| publisher = H.J. Williams Publications
| pages = 55–56, 195–196
| date = August 1996
| isbn = 0-9616843-8-0 }}
Category:Islands of Mexicali Municipality
Category:Islands of Baja California
Category:Islands of the Gulf of California