Habitat
The Mountain Skink is found in a wide variety of habitat, ranging from sea level to nearly 2000 m (about 6560 ft). It prefers areas with abundant and well-rotted leaf litter, provinding cover and places for laying eggs.
Plestiodon callicephalus is a terrestrial skink, spending most of its time foraging on the ground, hunting for small invertebrates. It is a good burrower, burrowing its own den.
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