| | | | |short of small adult | | | | |size. | | | | | No. 12. |August 19, 1949| 42 | 40 (broken stub) | .... |All three captures within |June 13, 1950| 58-1/2| 58 + 28 | 4.1 |a 50-foot diameter. |July 5, 1950| 63 | 62 + 31 | 5.9 | --------+-----------------+----------+---------------------+------+----------------------------- Many other young were not caught and marked until the growing season following their first hibernation, and were recaptured within this second growing season weeks or months after they were originally marked, and after they had made substantial growth. Those recaptured near the end of this second growing season, when they were a year old, or a little more, usually had attained small adult size or were nearing it. Selected records of these yearlings are presented below. Table 9. Selected Records of Individual Skinks Marked as Yearlings (After Emergence From the First Hibernation) and Recaptured One or More Times the Same Year. Rapid Growth Is Shown. =======+==================+==========+=================+======+================= | |Snout-vent| |Weight| | Date | length | Tail length | in | | | in mm. | in mm. | grams| Remarks -------+------------------+----------+-----------------+------+----------------- No. 1. |May 2, 1951| 38 | 53-1/2 | .... |Capture sites |September 25, 1951| 62 | 25 + 31 | .... | 30 feet apart. | | | | | No. 2. |May 8, 1951| 39 | 57 | .... |Capture sites |August 2, 1951| 60 | 67 + 25 | .... | 150 feet apart. | | | | | No. 3. |April 17, 1952| 39 | 55 | 1.1 |Capture sites |June 23, 1952| 57 | 73 (regenerated)| .... | 30 feet apart. | | | | | No. 4. |May 20, 1952| 45 | 67 | .... |Capture sites |May 28, 1952| 47 | 71 | .... | 15 feet apart. |June 9, 1952| 53 | 82 | .... | | | | | | No. 5. |May 22, 1952| 48-1/2 | 77-1/2 | 2.0 |Capture sites |July 20, 1952| 63 |106 | 5.3 | 10 feet apart. | | | | | No. 6. |June 11, 1950| 49 | 49 (broken stub)| 2.4 |Capture sites