Many of the skinks marked before their first hibernation, as hatchlings, when they were a few days or a few weeks old, were subsequently recaptured as well-grown yearlings or small adults, affording ample information as to the usual growth rate and the extremes of acceleration or retardation that occasionally occur. Records of selected individuals in this group of skinks, marked early in life and recaptured after a hibernation, are recorded below. Table 8. Records of Individual Skinks Marked as Hatchlings (Before the First Hibernation) and Recaptured the Following Year. Rapid Rate of Early Growth Is Shown. ========+=================+==========+=====================+======+============================= | |Snout-vent| |Weight| | Date | length | Tail length | in | | | in mm. | in mm. |grams | Remarks --------+-----------------+----------+---------------------+------+----------------------------- No. 1. |August 8, 1951| 23-1/2| 30-1/2 | .25 |Had just hatched when |April 28, 1952| 39 | 55 + 1/2 | 1.3 |first recorded; second |June 7, 1952| 48 | 69 + 1 | .... |capture was made soon | | | | |after emergence from | | | | |hibernation. All three | | | | |captures within a 50-foot | | | | |diameter. | | | | | No. 2. |July 8, 1952| 25 | 25 (broken stub) | .3 | |April 23, 1953| 42 | 17 + 26 | .... | |June 23, 1953| 56 | 22 + 36 | .... | | | | | | No. 3. |July 16, 1948| 26-1/2| 37 | .... |Caught at the same place |July 5, 1949| 68 |101-1/2 | .... |on both occasions; in a | | | | |little less than a year | | | | |this female grew to | | | | |small adult size. | | | | | No. 4. |August 23, 1950| 36 | 55 | .9 |The interval between |May 19, 1951| 46 | 69-1/2 | 1.7 |captures included about | | | | |two months of active | | | | |life, plus the hibernation