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The Santa Catalina rattlesnake (Crotalus catalinensis) is a species of pit viper endemic to Isla Santa Catalina in the Gulf of California just off the east coast of the state of Baja California Sur, Mexico. Like all other pit vipers, it is venomous. No subspecies are currently recognized. [3] A relatively small and slender species, its most ...
Scientists studying the dwarf species of C. Helleri inhabiting California's Santa Catalina Island found that these snakes "attempted to bite 4.7-fold more often than mainland snakes" of the same species, and that "the island snakes delivered 2.1-fold more venom when biting" than their mainland counterparts. [15]
Anniella alexanderae. Temblor legless lizard. Anniella campi. Southern Sierra legless lizard. Anniella grinnelli. Bakersfield legless lizard. Anniella pulchra. Northern California legless lizard. Anniella stebbinsi.
55/sq mi (21.2/km 2) Santa Catalina Island (Spanish: Isla Santa Catalina; often shortened to Catalina Island or Catalina, and also known as Pimu[1] as the traditional name of the Indigenous people of the Tongva Tribe) is a rocky island, part of the Channel Islands, off the coast of Southern California in the Gulf of Santa Catalina.
Species: S. klauberi. Binomial name. Sauromalus klauberi. Shaw, 1941 [2] Sauromalus klauberi, commonly called the Catalina chuckwalla or the spotted chuckwalla, is a species of chuckwalla, a lizard in the family Iguanidae. It is endemic to Mexico [1][3] The species was first described in 1941. [2]
The island fox (Urocyon littoralis) is a small fox species that is endemic to six of the eight Channel Islands of California. There are six subspecies, each unique to the island it lives on, reflecting its evolutionary history. They are generally docile, show little fear of humans, and are easily tamed. Island foxes played an important role in ...
Island foxes are among the species unique to the Channel Islands. When you think of California, you may think of places like Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Venice Beach, Silicon Valley, Napa Valley or ...
The California moray (Gymnothorax mordax) is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the eastern Pacific from just north of Santa Barbara to Santa Maria Bay in Baja California. [2] They are the only species of moray eel found off California, and one of the few examples of a subtropical moray. They typically occupy boulder or cobble ...