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  • Eddy Co., NM. Male found by Matt Whiles, June 1991.

  • W of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Eddy Co., NM. June 1991. Photo courtesy of C. W. Painter.

  • Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Eddy Co., New Mexico. Collected by Gary Swinford. One of just a handful of live alterna photographed from New Mexico, this one displaying an extreme alterna phenotype characteristic of western range margin populations. Photo courtesy of C. W. Painter.
  • Juvenile alterna, Eddy Co., NM. Found by C. Newsom, June 2004. Photo © Erik McCormick.
  • Juvenile alterna (closeup of animal in preceding image), Eddy Co., NM. C. Newsom, June 2004. Photo © Erik McCormick.
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