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J.Rodgers -1942
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Enneorus skiltonianus
Aug.17 Unkert.Zoo, Univ. Calif, Berkeley, Alameda Co., Calif.
The last two remaining young of nest no.6 (see p.228), nos.3421 and 3422 were found two compartments over (at the other end of the aquarium).
One was dead and had a big hole eaten out of the side of its head (no.3421). The other was alive, but I killed it and the parent (3419).
at 9:00 o'clock.
This morning instead of nest no five eggs in nest no.5, I found 4 young skinks and the shells of two eggs I could not find the fifth young anywhere in the aquarium, though one of the eggshells could have been a spoiled and crushed egg. 11:45 am. I opened the stomach of the parent and found one egg shell and one complete egg. She apparently ate the egg that didn't hatch. These young may have been hatched any time since last noon and this morning. Two of the young have pieces of membrane, or whist dirt has gathered hanging onto the umbillicus. The other two have distinct round brown spots (or cast) where the umbillicus has pulled free. They must have been hatched within the last 24 hours. This also leads to the conclusion that the young of nest no.6 were more than 24 hours old, since the mark when the umbilicus was torn loose on those of no.6 was only a faint groove. These four young lizards + an embryo taken out of the unhatched egg that was taken from the stomach of the 7,