developed. A significant number of endemic species are only found in the Tularosa Basin. These include the White Sands pupfish (Cyprinodon tularosa) and the Oscura Mountains chipmunk. Counties While the Tularosa Basin lies primarily in New Mexican Otero County, it also extends into Doña Ana, Sierra, Lincoln, and Socorro Counties in New Mexico, and El Paso County in southwest Texas. Cities, towns, and ghost towns Alamogordo Alvarado Boles Acres Carrizozo Coane Desert Elwood Estey City Holloman AFB ZIP Code: 88330 Kearney La Luz ZIP Code: 88337 Lovelace Monista Omlee Orogrande ZIP Code: 88342 Oscura Point of Sands Polly Salinas Three Rivers ZIP Code: 88352 Tularosa ZIP Code: 88352 Turquoise Valmont White Sands Notes External links Alamogordo Museum: "Tularosa Basin Historical Society" website NPS: official White Sands National Park website City of Alamogordo website Town of Carrizozo website U.S. Army: White Sands Missile Range website Endorheic basins of the United States Landforms of New Mexico Natural history of New Mexico Regions of New Mexico Valleys of New Mexico Landforms of Otero County, New Mexico Landforms of Doña Ana County, New Mexico Landforms of Lincoln County, New Mexico Landforms of Sierra County, New Mexico Landforms of Socorro County, New Mexico Landforms of El Paso County, Texas Basin and Range Province Structural basins of the United States Valleys of Texas