San Basilio: Biodiversidad y Conservación/Biodiversity and Conservation

This report on the biodiversity of the San Basilio bay near Loreto in Baja California Sur, Mexico details an expedition from 2019 to document the marine and terrestrial species of the region. The expedition documented at least 147 vertebrates and at least 250 invertebrates, as well as 284 plants, for a total of 681 terrestrial taxa. Observational data for marine and terrestrial environments combined in the iNaturalist project have reached 1,333 observations of different species and 476 different taxa have been identified so far. The project page is accessible at https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/san-basilio-expedition-and-bioinventory. Many recommendations are included for the conservation of the bay and the protection of its threatened species.