Table 15 shows that adult males and young tend to range more widely than adult females, and that young tend to shift to new areas more frequently than do adults. Many of the recorded movements (in addition to the long ones that were excluded from the home range computations) may have involved short shifts in ranges. If all such shifts could be definitely identified and eliminated from the computations, actual home ranges might be considerably smaller than those indicated by the present set of data. Home ranges approximately 90 feet across for adult males and young, and a little more than 30 feet across for females are indicated. Actual area of a home range would amount to only a fraction of an acre--from about one-seventh to less than one-fiftieth. The dash of an alarmed skink to a place of refuge, though involving at most only a few seconds, may traverse a large part of its home range. Through long association the lizard is thoroughly familiar with the terrain, so that it can take full advantage of the peculiar features in escaping, hunting, traveling or resting. Table 15. Distances Between Successive Sites of Capture for Marked Five-lined Skinks on Study Areas, Indicating Home Range Sizes. =======================+============+==========+=========== | | | Number | Average | | of skinks | maximum | | discarded | distance | Number | from | in feet | of | sample | between | skinks | because of Age, Sex and Number | points | included | relatively of Captures | of | in | long | capture, | sample | movements, | and | | indicative | extremes | | of shifts | | | of range -----------------------+------------+----------+----------- Adult males | | | Individuals captured | | | just twice | 47 (225-0) | 41 | 1 Individuals captured | | | just three times | 47 (130-0) | 18 | 0 Individuals captured | | | four or more times | 91 (200-0) | 17 | 2 | | | Adult females | | | Individuals captured | | | just twice | 16 (90-0) | 56 | 4 Individuals captured | | | just three times | 25 (90-0) | 25 | 3 Individuals captured | | | four or more times | 28 (90-0) | 15 | 1 | | | Young | | |