Life History and Ecology of the Five-Lined Skink, Eumeces fasciatusFitch, Henry S. (Henry Sheldon)
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Life History and Ecology of the Five-Lined Skink, Eumeces fasciatus
Fitch, Henry S. (Henry Sheldon)
Eumeces fasciatus
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| |Snout-vent| |Weight|
| Date | length | Tail length | in |
| | in mm. | in mm. | grams| Remarks
-------+------------------+----------+---------------------+------+----------------------------
No. 1. |Male | | | |At an age of 33 months
|April 12, 1950| 43 | 71 | 1.5 | this male was far short
|August 30, 1950| 56 | 56 + 21 | 5.4 | of maximum size, and
|May 23, 1951| 68 | 59 + 32 | .... | smaller than some
|April 28, 1952| 73 | 62 + 38 | 6.6 | males a year younger;
| | | | | all four captures within
| | | | | a 65-foot diameter.
| | | | |
No. 2. |Male | | | |At an age of approximately
|July 5, 1950| 61 | 92-1/2 (regenerated)| 5.2 | one year this
|July 28, 1950| 64 | 97 (regenerated) | 5.4 | male was approaching
|May 3, 1951| 68 | 96 (broken stub) | 5.8 | small adult size; when
|June 21, 1951| 72 |101-1/2 (regenerated)| .... | last captured at an age
|May 1, 1952| 78 |101 (regenerated) | .... | of 34 months, he was a
| | | | | large adult. All five
| | | | | records within a 190-foot
| | | | | diameter.
| | | | |
No. 3. |Male | | | |This skink was nearly a
|June 22, 1949| 65 |111 | .... | year old and nearing
|May 4, 1950| 72-1/2 |115 | 7.3 | adult size when first
|June 17, 1950| 73 |116 | 7.8 | captured; recaptured
|May 15, 1951| 80 |125 | .... | in each of the four
|May 13, 1952| 82 |125 | .... | succeeding years, he
|April 6, 1953| 82 |104 (regenerated) | .... | showed slowing growth.
| | | | | He was near the maximum
| | | | | size at the time of his
| | | | | last capture when he
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