Scorpion ID (New mexico)

[MIKE JOHN]

can some one id this
VAEJOVIDAE or VAEJOVIS Waering - or Chihuahuanus coahuilae or other???
caught in las cruces nm solidad canyon area

 

[Mordax8393]

Chihuahuanus c.f. russelli

Rough claws rule out Chihuahuanus coahuilae, Diplocentrus, and Paravaejovis; thickness rules out Centruroides.

Size of eyes rules out Paruroctonus

Light telson rules out Chihuahuanus crassimanus.

So it's C. russellii. Easy to care for, they eat great.