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J. Rodgers - 1942
35
Eumeces skiltonianus
Aug 10 Mus Vert Zool, Univ. Calif., Berkeley, Allan C. Calif.
Measurements of 5 young skinks collected Aug. 9,
nest no. 6
Cat. numbers 3417, 3418, 3420, 3421, 3422 follow:
snout-vent length tail length
measured { 28.5 mm tail complete when
alive} 28.9 mm 39.1 measured; 4 mm
broken off after
29.0 mm 16.0 mm stub T.R 3420
29.6 mm 39.1 mm tail complet. T.R 3418
29.2 mm head amputated
39.2 tail complet T.R 3417
The two young skinks that were killed as they were
Collected (T.R. 3417, 3418) had stomachs full of yolk;
one of them had some dirt (soil) scattered along
through the oesophagus.
All eggs or hand were measured yesterday (Aug. 9).
Nest No. 1 16.1 x 9.5 mm Nest No. 2. 14.0 x 8.6 mm
17.1 x 8.5 mm
15.3 x 8.8 mm
15.8 x 9.5 mm
15.2 x 9.2 mm
13.2 x 8.7 mm
Nest No. 3. I 15.9 x 9.6 mm Nest No. 5 15.2 x 9.5 mm
II 14.8 x 9.9 mm 14.1 x 9.4 mm
III 15.4 x 9.8 mm 14.1 x 9.1 mm
IV 14.3 x 9.4 mm 14.6 x 8.9 mm
V 14.9 x 9.3 mm 14.5 x 9.6 mm
VI 15.6 x 9.9 mm