Soda Lake and the surrounding Carrizo Plain, the type locality of Paruroctonus soda sp. nov. Above, satellite imagery of the central Carrizo Plain taken in June 2019; below, a regional overview taken from the eastern side of the North Basin and facing southwest across the Soda Lake taken in May 2021.

 
 
  Part of: Jain P, Forbes H, Esposito LA (2022) Two new alkali-sink specialist species of Paruroctonus Werner 1934 (Scorpiones, Vaejovidae) from central California. ZooKeys 1117: 139-188. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1117.76872