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rhe larger oaks and maples just about covered the ground." This specimen 

 was moving when first noticed. 



These notes on the habitats in which this skink has been found in Ohio 

 all have one thing in common. In each case the lizard was in or near an open 

 area at the edge of a woods. 



The specimens from the Roosevelt Game Preserve (OSM 548 and 903) 

 are both very small; the head-body lengths are 21 mm. and 25 mm., and the 

 total lengths are 50 mm., and 58 mm., respectively, but part of the tail is 

 missing in the shorter lizard. The largest individuals (OSM 866 and CSNH) 

 have head-body lengths of 43 mm. and 40 mm., and total lengths of 106 mm. 

 and 118 mm., respectively. The longest Ohio Lygosoma, therefore, meas- 

 ures about 45/2 inches. 



In all six specimens studied (including the one from Hocking County) 

 there are 26 rows of scales at midbody. The lower labials are 6 in every case; 

 the upper labials number 7, except that two specimens have only 6 of these 

 scales on one side of the head. 



Eumeces fasciatiis (Linnaeus) 

 Blue-Tailed Skink 



(Page 28; maps 4 and 41 ; plate 3, fio. 3) 



Fourtrrn ccunti's may be added to th? list. New records are: 

 Adams County: Green Twp. (SL 996-7); Smoky Creek (CMNH 66). Allen 

 County: 2 mi. N of Bluffton (OSM 751). Ashtabula County: (OSM 679); 

 Dorset Twp. (CMNH 322, 328). Butler County: Reily (GF) ; R-ily Tup. (OSM 

 642). Champaign County: Cedar Swamp. 5 mi. SSW of Urbana (DPLM 170-5.42; 

 OSM 741). Clermont County: (OUVC 869; SL 437). Cuyahoga County: 

 North Chagrin Reservation (CMNH 135). Darke CountY: 3 mi. E of Greenville 

 (WED 325-7). Delaware County: Butler's Snamp. 10 mi. E of Delaware (OSM 

 651). Hardin County: 3 mi. E of Mt. Victory (OSM 583). Highland County: 

 Fort Hill (OSM 860). Hock:ng Counts': Clear Creek, Good Hope Twp. (OSM 

 432). Jackson County: Liberty Twp. (OSM 585). Logan County: East side of 



Indian Lake (WED 16-25, 312, 334. 364). P4ULDING County: 2 mi. SE of Ant- 

 werp (OEE) ; 3 mi. W of Antwerp (OEE). PlKE CoUNTY': S of Buchanan, Pebble 

 Twp. (OSM 550); Pike Slate Forest (DPLM 167-9.42, 587.44; WED 26, 180). 

 Portage County: Atwater Twp. and S of Kent (Dexter, 1944). Preble County: 

 West Elkton (MU 22). Ross County: 1 mi. W of Vigo (OSM 533). Scioto 

 County: Shawnee State Forest (WED 182). Shelby CountY: 3 mi SSE of Sidney 

 (WED 214). Trumbull County: 2 mi. W of Johnston (CM 19066); North Bris- 

 tol (NU 26-7). Union County: Near Magnetic Springs (OSM 576); 5 mi. S of 

 Marysville (OSM 581.1-2, 582.1-8. 668.1-6). Vinton County: Brown Twp. 

 (OUVC 2387, 2419-22); 2 mi. E cf Lake Hope (OUVC 2385); 6 mi. NE of 

 Lcndcnderiy (TMS 2473); Zaleski Forest (HTG — 2 spec). Warren CountY: 

 Fo:t Ancient (OSM 738; UC 28; WED 328). Wyandot County: Near Eden 

 Twp. School (OSM 690). 



An inspection of inap 41 will show that Eumeces ja^ciatus is conspicuously 

 absent from a large block of counties in the unglaciated part of eastern Ohio. 

 In view of the considerable amount of field work that has now brcn dene, this 

 species must be at least rare or highly localized in southeastern Ohio, if it 

 lives there at all. 



In south central Ohio however, jasciatiis occurs in a great many Iccalitirs 



