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by earthguy on July 19, 2007
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Hey all,
I have three snake eggs that I can't identify. I'll give as much info as I can,; hopefully somebody can help.
Physical description:
1-1.25" long, mostly cylidrical (slightly tapered at one end), mottled brown with slight protrubances (rough spots) uniformly distributed over the enite egg. The eff is more turbid than onther snake eggs that I've dealt with.
Site Characterization:
These eggs were rescued from the tiller in a cultivated garden about 8-10" deep. The soil was loose, well drained and an even mixture of highly organic topsoil and coarse sand.
My thoughts based on habitat were coral and hognose, buth these eggs seem a little hefty for those smallish snakes. My other though was rat snake, but these don't look like any ratsnake egg that I've ever seen. Chain kingsnake perhaps? Any egg experts out there?
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by JTEDENS on July 20, 2007
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found this pic(http://www.indigosnakes.com/images/DS_YT_Eggs.jpg) of yellowtail cribo eggs while net surfing. check it out and see if they look like what you've found. possibly indigo eggs look similar, never kept them so I don't really know.
John
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by Cro on July 20, 2007
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Joshua, the eggs you found sound a lot like Coral Snake eggs. Do you happen to have a photo of them you can post or EMail to me ?
Best Regards JohnZ
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by earthguy on July 23, 2007
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Greg, I'd Planned on hatching them. I just thought (as Cro did) that they might be Micrurus. I wanted to be prepared. Sadly, I found my answer. The homeowner found another one with his tiller before I could get back to double check. He nicked it, releasing fluid. The egg was lost anyway, so I finished dissecting it. They turned out to be rat snake eggs. Go figure. They really don't look like any rat snake egg I've ever seen, but I gues that's where population variances and genetics come into play. Thanks for your help fellas.
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