Isla Todos Santos is a pair of islands about 19.3 km (12.0 mi) off Ensenada, Baja California, at 31°47′59″N 116°47′20″W / 31.79972°N 116.78889°W best known for surfing. Access is only by boat, which can be rented in Ensenada, or La Bufadora.[1] The waves off the smallest island are among the biggest in North America. There are no facilities on the islands except for two lighthouses and a fish farm operation.[2]
Fauna
editThe islands are (or were) home to Aimophila ruficeps sanctorum, an endemic subspecies of the Rufous-crowned sparrow, which is probably extinct.[3] It was previously home to Anthony's woodrat, which is now extinct.[4] It is home to a critically endangered subspecies, the Todos Santos Island Kingsnake, of the California mountain kingsnake.[5] The type species of the fish genus Bajacalifornia, Bajacalifornia burragei, was discovered during the USS Albatross deep sea expedition off the coast of Todos Santos Bay in 1911.[citation needed]
References
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- ^ "Surfing Isla Todos Santos". BajaSurfBreaks. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ^ "Ensenada Isla de Todos Santos". Sailors Choice. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Aimophila ruficeps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22721288A132008222. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22721288A132008222.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Castro-Arellano, I. (2018). "Neotoma bryanti ssp. anthonyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T14576A124171511. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T14576A124171511.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Hollingsworth, B. & Frost, D.R. (2007). "Lampropeltis herrerae". IUCN Red List. 3.1. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018.
- Szabo, Khwaja, Garnett, Butchart (2012). Global Patterns and Drivers of Avian Extinctions at the Species and Subspecies Level. PLoS One
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