A type of lizard frequently seen by residents of Cascade Village.  Skinks prefer rocky places with cracks where they can hide.  They are very selective about their habitat and it is not common to see them.  When residents of Cascade Village reported seeing lizards on the grounds, Scott Thomas, graduate student in biology at the University of Akron and part of a cohort studying amphibians did a survey at Cascade Village and found some evidence of skinks there in the summer of 2012.  D. Webb

skink photographed by Erik Maietta on the Ohio and Erie Canal towpath near North Street in Akron, Ohio