{"id":3320,"date":"2012-11-14T07:40:03","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T12:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/?p=3320"},"modified":"2012-11-14T07:40:03","modified_gmt":"2012-11-14T12:40:03","slug":"texas-blue-spiny-lizard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=3320","title":{"rendered":"Texas Blue Spiny Lizard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; margin-right: auto\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/Rio-Grande-Valley-2012\/i-7TpG7RN\/1\/L\/IMG_1723-L.jpg?w=904\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our local guide for the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival <em>River Pontoon<\/em> trip on the <em>Riverside Dreamer<\/em> alerted us early to her favorite part of the trip. It was an unassuming spot. An old pump station and a section of river bank reinforced with broken chunks of concrete and old truck and tractor tires. The boat slowed and drifted in closer, and sure enough, there were a couple of Texas Blue Spiny Lizards basking in the sun on the debris, a few feet above the water. The tbsl is very similar to the more common Collared Lizard of North Texas and the rest of the southwest, but is restricted to the Texas section of the upper Rio Grande Valley. In fact these specimens are south of their normal range. This gentleman is about 10 inches tip to tail\u2026the largest lizard to inhabit Texas. <\/p>\n<p>Canon SX50HS. Program with auto iContrast and Shadow Fill.&#160; 1200mm equivalent field of view. f6.5 @ 1\/1000th @ ISO 200. Processed in Lightroom for intensity, clarity, and sharpness. Cropped for composition. 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