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.