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  1. Texas Earless Lizard (male)

    Texas Earless Lizard (male)

    Texas Earless Lizard (Holbrookia texana texana) Male.
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    • earless falls lizard park pedernales state texas usa
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Reptiles
  2. Texas Earless Lizard (female)

    Texas Earless Lizard (female)

    Texas Earless Lizard (Holbrookia texana texana) Female.
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    • earless falls lizard park pedernales state texas usa
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Reptiles
  3. Two-tailed Swallowtail

    Two-tailed Swallowtail

    Two-tailed Swallowtail (Papilio multicaudata: Papilionidae) Wingspan 10.0-12.0 cm (3.9-4.7 in). Nectaring Cenizo (Leucophyllum frutescens: Scrophulariaceae) a native shrub.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • park pedernales state swallowtail texas two-tailed usa
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  4. Limestone Tiger Beetle

    Limestone Tiger Beetle

    Limestone Tiger Beetle (Cicindela politula: Carabidae) 9-11 mm (0.35-0.43 in) long.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • blanco county falls park pedernales state texas usa
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Invertebrates
  5. Woodhouses's Scrub Jay

    Woodhouses's Scrub Jay

    Woodhousess Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma woodhouseii texana).
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    • blanco county falls jay park pedernales scrub state texas usa woodhouses's
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: North America
  6. Giant Swallowtail

    Giant Swallowtail

    Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes: Papilionidae) Wingspan 10.2-15.2 cm (4.0-6.0) in. Working Clammyweed (Polanisia dodecandra subsp. trachysperma: Caprifoliaceae)
    • Stanley Jones
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    • blanco county falls giant park pedernales state swallowtail texas usa
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  7. Common Mestra

    Common Mestra

    Common Mestra (Mestra amymone: Nymphaliidae) Wingspan 3.5-4.9 cm (1.4-1.9 in). Perched on Lantana.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • common falcon mestra park state texas usa
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  8. Goldfinches and Chipping Sparrow

    Goldfinches and Chipping Sparrow

    Goldfinches (Spinus tristis tristis) and Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina passerina).
    • Stanley Jones
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    • chipping goldfinches goose island park sparrow state texas usa
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: North America
  9. Malachite Butterfly

    Malachite Butterfly

    Malachite Butterfly (Siproeta stelenes stelenes: Nymphalidae) Five subspecies are recognized with only the nominate being mapped for Puerto Rico. They have a wingspan of 8.3-10.1 cm (3.2-4.0 in). Photographed in Maricao State Forest near San Germn, Puerto Rico, USA. Maricao State Forest is...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • butterfly forest malachite maricao nymphalidae puerto rico siproeta state stelenes usa.
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  10. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (male)

    Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (male)

    Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) Photographed in Huntsville State Park, southwest of Huntsville, Walker County, Texas, USA. Mixed pine/hardwood forest in the Pineywoods Vegetational Area at ca. 122 m (400 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • county huntsville park sapsucker state texas usa walker yellow-bellied
    • Comments: 28
    • Category: North America
  11. Puerto Rican Bullfinch

    Puerto Rican Bullfinch

    Puerto Rican Bullfinch (Loxigilla portoricensis portoricensis) This Puerto Rican endemic is represented by two subspecies. Subspecies grandis is restricted to St. Kitts island but is likely extinct. Photographed in Maricao State Forest near San Germn, Puerto Rico, USA. Lower montane Elfin...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • bullfinch forest loxigilla maricao melopyrrha portoricensis portoricensis puerto rican rico state usa
    • Comments: 20
    • Category: The Caribbean
  12. Puerto Rican Ringlet

    Puerto Rican Ringlet

    Puerto Rican Ringlet (Calixto nubila: Nymphalidae) This fairly small endemic Ringlet has a wingspan of 2.7-2.8 cm (1.06-1.10 in). Photographed in Maricao State Forest near San Germn, Puerto Rico, USA. Maricao State Forest is situated in the western Cordillera Centrals. Elfin forest at ca. 400...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • calixto forest maricao nubila nymphalidae puerto puerto rico rican ringlert state usa.
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  13. Puerto Rican Vireo

    Puerto Rican Vireo

    Puerto Rican Vireo (Vireo latimeri) This small Puerto Rican endemic was photographed in Maricao State Forest near San Germn, Puerto Rico, USA. Maricao State Forest is situated in the western Cordillera Centrals. Elfin forest at ca. 400 m (1,312 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • forest latimeri maricao puerto puerto rico rican state usa. vireo
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: The Caribbean
  14. Elfin-woods Warbler

    Elfin-woods Warbler

    Elfin-woods Warbler (Dendroica angelae) This so so picture of this Puerto Rican endemic warbler was photographed in Maricao State Forest near San Germn, Puerto Rico, USA. Lower montane Elfin forest at ca. 1,050 m (3,445 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • angelae dendroica elfin-woods forest mariacao puerto rico san germn state usa warbler
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: The Caribbean
  15. Mangrove Cuckoo

    Mangrove Cuckoo

    Mangrove Cuckoo (Coccyzus minor) Photographed in Cambalache State Forest east of Arecibo, Puerto Rico, USA. Limestone hills dominated by a mesic mixed hardwood/palm forest at 5-50 m (16-164 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • arecibo cambalache coccyzus cuckoo forest mangrove minor puerto rico state usa
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: The Caribbean
  16. Rasping Nipple Snails

    Rasping Nipple Snails

    Rasping Nipple Snail [Polydontes (Granodous) lima: Camaenidae] This Puerto Rico endemic snail has a shell size of 2.5-3.5 cm (1.0-1.4 in) in diameter. Photographed in Cambalache State Forest east of Arecibo, Puerto Rico, USA. Limestone hills dominated by a mesic mixed hardwood/palm forest at...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • arecibo camaenidae cambalache forest lima nipple polydontes puerto rasping rico snail state usa
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Invertebrates
  17. Red-jointed Fiddler Crab (male)

    Red-jointed Fiddler Crab (male)

    Red-jointed Fiddler Crab (Uca minax: Ocypodoidea) These crustaceans gain a maximum carapace (shell) width of 3.8 cm (1.5 in). Only the males have a single enlarged claw. Either the left or right can be enlarged, apparently it is a 50/50 chance on which one becomes enlarged. Photographed in...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • aransas county crab fiddler goose island minax ocypodoidea park red-jointed state texas uca usa
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Invertebrates
  18. Fawn-spotted Skipper

    Fawn-spotted Skipper

    Fawn Spotted Skipper (Cymaenes odilia: Hesperiidae) This grass Skipper has a wingspan of 2.1-3.1 cm (0.81-1.19 in). Photographed on Tropical threefold (Trixus inula: Asteraceae) in Falcon State Park, Falcon Heights, Starr County, Texas, USA. Tamaulipan scrub in the South Texas Plains...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • county cymaenes falcon fawn hesperiidae odilia park skipper spotted starr state texas usa
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  19. Eurasian Collared Dove

    Eurasian Collared Dove

    Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto decaocto) Three subspecies have been described with two being recognized. The nominate has been introduced into the USA. This large dove has become a very common and wide spread bird, both in urban and rural settings across all of Texas. Sexes...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • collared dove eurasian fulton goose island park state streptopelia decaocto texas usa
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: North America
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