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

by Henry S. Fitch

PLATE 1

Fig. 1. Habitat of Eumeces fasciatus near the center of the "Skink Woods" study area on the University of Kansas Natural History Reservation, a glade with loose rocks that were used as nesting sites and shelter by many five-lined skinks.

Fig. 2. A log on rocky slope in open woods with sparse undergrowth, fifty feet from center of glade shown in [Fig. 1]. The trees are mostly oaks (Quercus Muehlenbergii). The decaying log in middle foreground is much frequented by the skinks as a shelter and source of insect food.