Anaho Island

Anaho Island is an island a hundred miles off the coast of Baja California.

## Geography

The Anaho Island Desert lies in the center of the island and reaches out to the western coast. Recieving plenty of mist and sea fog from the ocean provides this desert with enough moisture to allow vast quantities of vegetation to grow.

## History

Anaho Island was formed sometime in the Oligocene Epoch, 30 million years ago, when volcanic eruptions lifted the seafloor above the surface. Over the next 30 million years a variety of animals washed up on the island and evolved into new forms. The Island's unique and dangerous fauna managed to prevent any long-term human habitation on the island. It was discovered by Europeans in 1844, the crew of the ship landed on Anaho's Northern Shore and they intended to make a camp there. They were quickly chased out and many of the men were killed, when a creature attacked them.

The island remained unexplored for 120 years, until a young Thaddeus Greene, having just secured a contract to make his documentary series 'Mysterious Habitats with Thad Greene', proposed that the first episode of his series be about the island he had heard so many legends about. In 1962 Thaddeus set out for the island with his camera crew, he made his way across the entire island on foot and spent a month documenting the various new species he found, even capturing many of the smaller species to bring home with him to the Green City Zoo.

## Wildlife

The coastal waters of Anaho Island are frequented by creatures like **Bald Eagles**, **Sea Otters**, **California Sea Lion**, **Guadeloupe Fur Seals**, **Sea Turtles**, **Great White Sharks** and the incredibly rare **Vaquita**

The surrounding **Kelp Forests** are home to **Garibaldi Damselfish, Black Abalone, California Moray, Pacific Sardines, Giant Sea Bass, Kelp Bass, Opalescent Nudibranchs, Bat Rays**, and **Spanish Shawl Nudibranchs**

Abyssal Eurypterids can be found in the deeper waters off the Western Coast of the island

98% of Anaho Island's Fauna is endemic to the island, with entire families and even orders found nowhere else on Earth.

### Mammals

#### Cingulata

* Armor Rat (Armadillomys socialis)
* Dillo Pig (Armosus armata)

#### Chiroptera

* Arachno-Stalker (Arachnopus horridus)
* Colossal Nomadrake (Titanonycteris aerobates)
* Gibbonbats (Hylobateptera sp.)
	+ 27 species
* Skull-headed Bats (Necrofaciops sp.)
	+ 151 species
* Tatterwing (Scissapteros inanis)
* Thumb-headed Bats (Pollicecephalus sp.)
	+ 45 species

### Birds

#### Icterid Passerines

* Gracklutton (Omniphagus psittacophilus)

#### Turdid Passerines

* Terraven (Pavoravis acer)
* Titan Hornbill

### Reptiles

#### Gekkonidae

* Flattekkos (Gastrogekkonidae sp.)
	+ 1001 species
* Jawed Geckos (Gnathogekko sp.)
	+ 704 species

#### Dactyloidae

* Hippogriff
* Monkey Anole (Simiasaurus Agilis)

#### Testudines

* Giant Brush Turtle (Aquas giantaltitudo)

### Amphibians

#### Ranidae

* Butterfly Poison Frogs (Papiliobatrachidae sp.)
	+ 340 species
* Cephalopodanurans (Cephalopodanura sp.)
	+ 33 species
* Frogbats (Anuranycteridae sp.)
	+ 1162 species
* Frogflies (Pteroanuridae sp.)
	+ 2,800 species
* Hooffrog (
* Invertebranurans (Invertebrabatedae sp.)
	+ 668, 777 species
	+ 59, 666 species
* Jellyphrogs (Cnidarianura sp.)
	+ 784, 976 species
* Liquid Toads (Viscoanura sp.)
	+ 400 species
* Metamorph (Metomorphosis xenoformis)
* Neckbeard Phrog (Barbatucollum pinguis)
* Spydr Glidr (Octopatagium discus)

### Actinopterygii

#### Cyprinodontiformes

* Frogbat Tall Grazer (Altoanuraphagus grandibrachion)
* Guppikeets (Orniichthys sp.)
	+ 3000 species
* Mantisfish (Ichthyomantis spp.)
	+ 700 species
* Megatall Frogbat Grazer (Giganuraphagus altus)

#### Esociformes

* Fishepede (Ichthyopus scolopendrimimus)
* Muskelleagles (Esoxopterus sp.)
	+ 33 species

### Crustaceans

#### Blattodea

* Eurycotis hypoirritatus
* Gigantoblatella horrificus
* Gigantoblatella supremus
* Megablattela carnifex
* Megablatella irritatus
* Neoperiplaneta aberranticus
* Neoperiplaneta erraticus
* Neoperiplaneta paradisea

#### Astacoidea

* Bromeliad Shrimp (Bromeliacaris batrachevoris)

### Plants

* Hawkatoo Apple (Psittacopuntia edibilis)
* Hydra Cholla (Leneiria impenetribilis)