Seen on November 29th on a mountain trail in the Gila National Forest near Gila Hot Springs, NM, USA. Hiking shoe for scale, I measured the shoe and estimate that the spider body from the chelicerae to the end of the abdomen is approximately 31 mm. If you want, I can make more measurements and estimates. I saw it walk across the trail, it was a warm morning, around 10 C. I only took 3 pics then left because I didn't want to disturb it.

I'm uploading the original photos, they should have the EXIF with geotag info. To be safe, the location info are: N 33.20848 W 108.28516 alt 1737 m, verified on maps to be accurate to within a few meters.

A friend tentatively identified the genus to be Aphonopelma. I looked through some images and found what I think is a good match ( [https://arachnoboards.com/threads/aphonopelma-jacobii.369587/](https://arachnoboards.com/threads/aphonopelma-jacobii.369587/) ) but I'm a geologist and admit my ignorance! They link an article ( [https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/125318](https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/125318) ) that describes *Aphonopelma jacobii*, the figures of the male and habitat closely match what I saw, but *Aphonopelma marxi* is also a very close match.

Any help with IDing is greatly appreciated!

ID request - Is this an Aphonopelma marxi/jacobii or something else?