Life History and Ecology of the Five-Lined Skink, Eumeces fasciatus

University of Kansas Publications
Museum of Natural History
Volume 8, No. 1, pp. 1-156, 2 pls., 26 figs. in text, 17 tables
University of Kansas Lawrence

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History Editors: E. Raymond Hall, Chairman, A. Byron Leonard, Robert W. Wilson Volume 8, No. 1, pp. 1-156, 2 pls., 26 figs. in text, 17 tables Published September 1, 1954
University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
PRINTED BY FERD VOILAND, JR., STATE PRINTER TOPEKA, KANSAS 1954
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The common five-lined skink (or common blue-tailed skink) is a small woodland lizard, abundantly and widely distributed over the eastern United States. Many authors have casually discussed this lizard or have treated in detail some phase of its biology. Excellent brief summaries of the known facts concerning its life history have been published by Smith (1946:349-350 and 1950:187-188) and Pope (1947:153-157). Nevertheless, no thoroughgoing study of its life history and ecology has heretofore been made.