Maybe skinks??? Hope so, I adore bluetails. I saw my first anole last week
and was thrilled. Does this list allow pictures to be posted? Tell me how
and I will share him.

I remember years ago when I put my potted plants on the balcony of my new
house in Florida. Then a few mornings later, went out in my bare feet in my
nightie to enjoy the view before starting my day, and stepped on a
snake!!!!!

My evil mother in law (I hear there are other kinds, but I can't remember
that far back) bg had found the snake eggs and put them into my flowerpots
just before I moved, hoping they would turn out to be something terrible
that would infest my new house. (She was sick jealous that I was getting a
new house and had "stolen" her "baby". But then she took it even harder
when I gave him back to her, some folks are NEVER satisfied. Geez, and
people wonder why I didn't remarry.)

Actually they were red rat snakes, and absolutely stunning! The red rat
snake eggs were as long as a good-sized lima bean, half as wide, and oval,
shaped sort of like the pictures of dinosaur eggs you see sometimes. Soft
rather than hard shelled.

Since rat snakes and rattlers eat the same critters, as long as we had rat
snakes around, we never had rattlers.

Can't wait to hear what they turn out to be! Frogs? Frog eggs are round.
Salamanders would be WAY cool. Pictures, please????

laurie (it's been too long)

"Siouxzi" wrote in message
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Not sure whether to ask for a herpetologist or an entomologist...

Gardening this weekend, I moved some 4x4 landscape timbers from where
they were resting and rotting around the borders of my flower garden.
As usual, I found several of my buddies, the Worm Snakes, under the
timbers, and gently moved them away to safety while I worked. But then
I found something else: two clutches of 6-10 eggs that I had never
seen or noticed before. They were nestled in a depression under the
timber where they could lay moist and undisturbed. One clutch was
right next to the curled-up earth snake... but are snake eggs round or
oval?

The eggs are smaller than a BB, perhaps the size of a small cilantro
seed. They are shiny, translucent, and whitish in color with a gray
dot barely visible inside, probably the developing critter or some
part thereof. The eggs are firm and not gelatinous or sticky. They're
not stuck together either. I was afraid of smashing them when I
replaced the timbers, so I made a little terrarium so I could see what
they'll hatch into. Just some pebbles and soil, dampened, and a piece
of wet black mulching cloth to keep them moist and out of direct
light.

Could they be salamandar or snake eggs, or did I just provide a
hatchery for something disgusting like slugs? I can't find any egg
photos on the internet.

Cheers


Sue
BTW I used to think that earth snakes and worm snakes were two names
for the same thing. But according to his page they're not. Most of the
snakes I find in my yard are worm snakes--they are beautiful with a
pink belly. But yesterday one of the snakes I found WAS an earth
snake--darker above, cream belly.
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/co...enus_002. jpg