Notes on Maternal Behavior and Post-brooding Aggression in the Prairie Skink, Eumeces septentrionalis

Authors

Louis A. Somma, Florida State Collection of ArthropodsFollow

Date of this Version

1985

Citation

Somma, L. A. 1985. Notes on maternal behavior and post-brooding aggression in the Prairie Skink, Eumeces septentrionalis. Nebraska Herpetological Newsletter 6(4):9-12.

Comments

Nebraska Herpetology Society, Omaha

Abstract

Observations of three female prairie skinks (E. septentrionalis) obtained in Omaha, NE, in 1983, including nest building, oviposition, incubation, defensive behavior, grooming of hatchlings, neonatal care, and post-brooding aggression.