BAJA CALIFORNIA ISLANDS FLORA & VERTEBRATE FAUNA BIBLIOGRAPHY Mary Frances Campana This annotated bibliography covers the published literature on the flora and vertebrate fauna of the islands surrounding the Baja California peninsula. While comprehensive, it cannot claim to be exhaustive; however, Biological Abstracts and Zoological Record were searched extensively, back to the beginning of those indexes. With few exceptions, the author has examined either the materials themselves or abstracts. The bibliography is annotated, not abstracted. The descriptor field lists the islands mentioned in the work, or the phrases "Gulf Islands" and "Pacific Islands". The bibliography does not include Guadalupe, Socorro, the Tres Marias or other outlying islands. It contains few references to pinniped populations, and none to fish, insects or invertebrates since it is limited to vertebrate species and the terrestrial habitat. It does not cover the Mexican or Latin American literature on the islands to any great degree. Last Updated: July, 1997 The reptiles of Western North America Van Denburgh, J. Occasional Papers, California Academy of Sciences 10. 1922. SUBJECT DESCRIPTORS: Pacific Islands, Gulf Islands ANNOTATION: Tables listing descriptions, locations, distribution records of each species. Includes index, plate records of each species. The amphibians of Western North America Slevin, J.R. Occasional Papers, California Academy of Sciences 16. 1928. SUBJECT DESCRIPTORS: Gulf Islands, Cedros ANNOTATION: "No amphibians found on islands in the Gulf"; Cerros (Cedros) has Hyla regilla; description, location of species; index, plates Investigations in the natural history of Baja California Wiggins, I.L. Proceedings, California Academy of Sciences 30(1): 1 45. 1962. SUBJECT DESCRIPTORS: Espiritu Santo, Partida ANNOTATION: Records findings of various field trips in different seasons; some collection of snakes and plants, other reptiles; indicates much work on all islands in area needs to be done A history of exploration for vertebrates on Cerralvo Island, Baja California Banks, R.C. Proceedings, California Academy of Sciences 30(6): 117-125. 1962. SUBJECT DESCRIPTORS: Cerralvo ANNOTATION: Description and chronology of scientific work done on the island, including all vertebrate studies; discusses endemic species The genus Alvordia (Compositae) of Baja California Mexico Carter, A. Proceedings, California Academy of Sciences 30(8): 157 174. 1964. SUBJECT DESCRIPTORS: Carmen, Partida, San Marcos, Santa Catalina, Gulf Islands ANNOTATION: Augments three already-described taxa with a fourth found on some islands in the Gulf Bats from islands in the Gulf of California Orr, R.T., Banks, R.C. Proceedings, California Academy of Sciences 30(10): 207-210. 1964. SUBJECT DESCRIPTORS: Partida, Tiburon, Pescadora, San Jorge, Pond, Encantada, Granite, Patos, San Pedro Nolasco, Cayo, Cerralvo, Espiritu Santo, Ceralbo, Monserrate, Santa Catalina, San Jose ANNOTATION: Pizonyx vivesi, Pipistrellus hesperus australis, Eptesicus fucus penninsulae, Plecotus townsendii pallescens are described and located Sea of Cortez expedition of the California Academy of Academy of Sciences, June 20-July 4, 1964 Lindsay, G.E. Proceedings, California Academy of Sciences 30(11): 211-242. 1964. SUBJECT DESCRIPTORS: Carmen, Danzante, Monserrate, Santa Cruz, San Diego, Las Animas, San Jose, Cayo, San Francisco, Los Islotes, Espiritu Santo, Partida ANNOTATION: Reptiles, vegetation, marine vertebrates and invertebrates, fish, small mammals, birds observed and collected; map The Gulf Islands expedition of 1966 Lindsay, G.E. Proceedings, California Academy of Sciences 30(16): 309-355. 1966. SUBJECT DESCRIPTORS: Angel de la Guarda, Tiburon, San Esteban,Turner, San Pedro Martir, San Lorenzo Sur, San Lorenzo Norte, Raza, Angel de la Guarda, ( Tiburon, San Esteban, Turner, San Pedro Martir, San Lorenzo Sur, San Lorenzo Norte, Raza, Salsipuedes, Partida, Pond, Mejia, Granite,Patos ANNOTATION: Expedition log; mammals, birds, amphibians,reptiles, vegetation; collection and observation. Joint venture of CA Academy of Sciences, San Diego Natural History Museum, Instituto de Biologica de Mexico New birds from Cerralvo Island, Baja California Mexico Banks, R.C. Occasional Papers, California Academy of Sciences 37. 1963. SUBJECT DESCRIPTORS: Cerralvo ANNOTATION: Fall specimens taken of Dendrocopos scalaris soulei banks, Richmondena cardinalis clintoni banks, Amphispiza bilineata belvederei banks Speciation and systematics of the gekkonid lizard genus Phyllodactylus on the islands in the Gulf of California Dixon, J.B. Proceedings, California Academy of Sciences 33(13): 415-452. 1966. SUBJECT DESCRIPTORS: Angel de la Guarda, Tiburon, Partida Norte, Raza, Salsipuedes, San Esteban, San Lorenzo Norte, San Lorenzo Sur, San Pedro Nolasco, San Marcos, Farallon, Las Animas, San Jose, San Francisco, Partida Sur, Espiritu Santo, Cerralvo, Cayo, Coyote, San Diego, Santa Cruz, Santa Catalina, Monserrate, Danzante, Carmen, Los Coronados, Ildefonso ANNOTATION: Factors of rate in speciation of Phyllodactylus, six new species and five new subspecies; analysis of population variations Voyage of the Albatross to the Gulf of California in 1911 Townsend, C.H. Bulletin, American Museum of Natural History XXXV, 399-476. August 2, 1916. SUBJECT DESCRIPTORS: Gulf Islands, San Josef, San Benito, Cedros, San Roque, Santa Margarita, Carmen, Angel de la Guarda, Tiburon, San Esteban, Santa Catalina, Santa Cruz, Espiritu Santo, Ceralbo ANNOTATION: Joint venture of US Bureau of Fisheries, American Museum of Natural History, US National Museum, New York Zoological Society, New York Botanical Garden. Collected specimens distributed to participating agencies Distribution and breeding biology of Craveri's murrelet DeWeese, L.R., D.W. Anderson Transactions, San Diego Society of Natural History 18: 155 168. 1976. SUBJECT DESCRIPTORS: San Jorge, San Luis, Angel de la Guarda, Mejia, Estanque, Cardinosa, Raza, Las Animas, San Esteban, Tassne, San Pedro Martir, San Pedro Nolasco, San Marcos, Ildefonso, Coronados, Monserrate, San Francisco, Espiritu Santo, San Benitos, Natividad, Tiburon ANNOTATION: Breeding, nesting, feeding, locations of murrelet Twelve new dicots from Mexico Moran, R. Transactions, San Diego Society of Natural History 15: 265 295. 1969. SUBJECT DESCRIPTORS: Angel de la Guarda, Cerralvo, Todos Santos ANNOTATION: Eriogonum angelense, Dudleya nubigena (Brandegee), Britt. and Rose ssp. cerralvensis, Hemizonia greeneana Rose ssp. peninsularis Castela polyandra, a new species in a new section; union of Holacantha with Castela (Simaroubaceae) Moran, R., R. Felger Transactions, San Diego Society of Natural History 15: 3140. 1968. SUBJECT DESCRIPTORS: Tiburon ANNOTATION: Shrub Castela polyandra is described Dudleya campanulata, a new species from Baja California Moran, R. Cactus and Succulent Journal 50: 20-22. 1978. SUBJECT DESCRIPTORS: Todos Santos, Los Coronados ANNOTATION: Also described Dudleya anomala and Eriogonum grande var. testudinum Reveal The California Islands Thorne, R.F. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Gardens 56: 391 -408. 1969. SUBJECT DESCRIPTORS: Los Coronados, Todos Santos, San Martin, San Geronimo, Cedros, San Benitos, Natividad ANNOTATION: A review of the islands off the Pacific coast, describing the relationship between geology and insular flora and fauna, helping to explain endemism and describing the relationship between geology and insular flora and fauna The geographical origin and distribution of North American birds considered in relation to faunal areas of North America Allen, J.A. Auk X: 97-150. April 1893. SUBJECT DESCRIPTORS: Gulf Islands ANNOTATION: Overview of faunal areas in North America; mentions Sonora subprovince outlying islands and states that 10 bird species are confined exclusively to those islands The faunal position of lower California Merriam, C.H. Auk X: 305-307. 1893. SUBJECT DESCRIPTORS: Gulf Islands ANNOTATION: States that Baja peninsula and adjacent islands rank as a minor subdivision of the Lower Sonoran Zone. Hirstiella pyriformis sp. n. (acari, Pterygosomidae) a new parasite of lizards from Baja California Newell, I.M., R.E. Ryckman Journal of Parasitology 50(1): 163-171. 1964. SUBJECT DESCRIPTORS: San Esteban, Angel de la Guarda ANNOTATION: Found on lizards of genus Sauromalus; ecological conditions described Petrels of Southern California Anthony, A.W. Auk XV: 140-144. April 1898. SUBJECT DESCRIPTORS: Los Coronados, San Benitos, Cedros ANNOTATION: Socorro Petrel, Least Petrel, White-rumped Petrel nesting on islands Young plumages of Mexican birds McGregor, R.C. Auk XV: 264-265. July 1898. SUBJECT DESCRIPTORS: San Benitos ANNOTATION: San Benito Sparrow, McGregor's Finch The Pacific Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla pollicaris) in Lower California Anthony, A.W. Auk XV: 267. July 1898. SUBJECT DESCRIPTORS: San Geronimo ANNOTATION: Brief report of Pacific Kittwake locations Random notes on Pacific Coast gulls Anthony, A.W. Auk XXIII: 129-137. April 1906. SUBJECT DESCRIPTORS: San Geromino, Natividad ANNOTATION: Gulls, cormorants, brown pelicans Descriptions of supposed new birds from Lower California, Sonora and Chihuahua, Mexico, and the Bahamas Brewster, W. Auk V: 82-95. January 1888. SUBJECT DESCRIPTORS: Los Coronados, Carmen ANNOTATION: Frazar's oyster catcher found preparing to breed on island The distribution of Lichanuia trivirgata and the status of the species Gorman, G.C. Herpetologica 21(4): 283-287. 1965. SUBJECT DESCRIPTORS: San Marcos, Tiburon, Angel de la Guarda ANNOTATION: