Isla Todos Santos

Isla Todos Santos

Todos Santos islands location

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°WCoordinates:

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[]

The 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, , was discovered during the USS Albatross deep sea expedition off the coast of Todos Santos Bay in 1911.^{[citation needed]}

View of Isla Todos Santos from a boat

References[]

^ "Surfing Isla Todos Santos". BajaSurfBreaks. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
^ "Ensenada Isla de Todos Santos". Sailors Choice. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
^ BirdLife International (2012). "'Aimophila ruficeps'". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2015.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)old-form url
^ Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T. & Castro-Arellano, I. (2008). "Neotoma anthonyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2015.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)old-form url
^ Hollingsworth, B.; Frost, D.R. (2007). "Lampropeltis zonata herrerae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007. Retrieved 4 March 2015.old-form url

Szabo, Khwaja, Garnett, Butchart (2012). Global Patterns and Drivers of Avian Extinctions at the Species and Subspecies Level. PLoS One

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[1] "Surfing Isla Todos Santos". BajaSurfBreaks. Retrieved 4 March 2015.

[2] "Ensenada Isla de Todos Santos". Sailors Choice. Retrieved 4 March 2015.

[3] BirdLife International (2012). "'Aimophila ruficeps'". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2015.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)old-form url

[4] Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T. & Castro-Arellano, I. (2008). "Neotoma anthonyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2015.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)old-form url

[5] Hollingsworth, B.; Frost, D.R. (2007). "Lampropeltis zonata herrerae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007. Retrieved 4 March 2015.old-form url

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