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enlarged postlabial scales. Skinks with five supralabials may have only 28 

 scale rows, etc. In attempting to identify Ohio specimens of Eutneces, one 

 should check carefully on all three characteris'-ics — supralabials, postlabials, 

 and scale rows at midbody. These, combined with size {laticep; attains much 

 greater dimensions than fasciatus), should make the identification of fasciatus 

 comparatively easy (see Table 4, page 212). Among all the counts, the post- 

 labials are most constant and, hence, the most reliable. These normally appear 

 as two scales, one directly above the other, but in some specimens they may be 

 somewhat misshapen or somewhat out of position. The postlabials usually are 

 considerably larger than the small scales above and posterior to them. Often 

 a lens is necessary to see them adequately, especially in the case of juvenile 

 specimens. The statement on page 28 that lO^r of the postlabials are abnor- 

 mal refers to shape and position — not to the number of them. 



Most of the new specimens that are accompanied by collecting data were 

 taken in moist surroundings — at swamp edges or in rotting logs or stumps, 

 damp sawdust piles, lakeside habitats, etc. Dexter (1944) mentions encoun- 

 tering one in a Lanx-Vacc:nmni-Chaniaedaphie bog. Rausch found a jcisciattn 

 in Union County on July 5, 1942, that was breeding 15 eggs, and Duellman 

 obtained one in Logan County on Julv 21. 1946, that was brooding a clutch 

 of 17 eggs. Duellman further reports that a medium-sized skink of this species 

 was promptly eaten by a racer (Coluber c. constrictor) that wss placed in the 

 collecting sack with it. 



Eutneces laticeps (Schneider) 

 Large-Headed Skink 



(Page 32; maps 5 and 42: plate 4, fig. 1) 



Several more of these skinks have been obtained during the past decade, 

 but only one new county (Montgomery) may be added to the list. The 

 rccc-ds are: 



Athens County: Athens (OUVC 2163). Clermont County: (SL 434-6). 

 Hamilton County: Riverside. Cincinnati (UC 25). Hocking County: "Neotoma,"' 

 Good Hope Twp. (OSM 584, 703, 825.1-2). Montgomery County: Sunderland 



Fallr. Butler Twp. (WED 400). 



The general range (inset map on page 33) should be slightly expanded to 

 include the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula; there are records for the eastern shore of 

 Maryland. 



Scale counts upon twenty-four Ohio specimens of laciceps may be sum- 

 marized as follows: 



Scale Rows— 30 (in 12 specimens) ; 31 (in 4); 32 (in 7); and 33 (inl). 



Supralabials — A count of 5 supralabials (preceding the subocular labial) 

 occurs 34 times (allowing two for each lizard, one left and one right) and a 

 count of 4 occurs 14 times; in six specimens there are 5 labials on one side of 

 the head and 4 on the other; in four specimens the count is 4 on both sides. 



Postlabials — There is only a single enlarged postlabial scale on each side 

 of the head in 17 of these 24 skinks. In other specimens there are two small. 



