Range Description

This species is found in New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas (Jester 1967). It has been intentionally introduced to the Colorado River watershed in New Mexico and North Eastern Arizona (Dean 1969, New Mexico Register 2006). Though, the precise limits of its range are not well understood (S. Adams, G. Schuster and C. Taylor pers. comm. 2009). This species has a distribution of approximately 1,837,982 km².