Adult skinks usually become inactive by early fall, but juveniles extend the period of activity several weeks. Predictable seasonal movements have not been reported for ths species in California. There is little information on the exact nature of the home range in this skink. Home ranges apparently are not fixed in space but are subject to constant revision including complete relocation at times. Little information exists regarding the existence of male territoriality in this species.
Skinks are probable food items of a wide variety of snakes, birds, and mammals.
Some competition for food or space may occur with the western skink where the two species coexist. Spatial relationships and seasonality in the skinks eumeces facsciatus and scincella laterale in northeastern Kansas. Punzo, F. 1982. Clutch and egg size in several species of lizards from the desert southwest. Stebbins, R. C. 1954.