What the heck are these freaky eggs?

[coronabarb]

I was removing an untripped gopher trap (that's for another thread) when, in the middle of all the dirt I was digging out, came these eggs!!! They are not hard like a bird egg...they are squishy like a water balloon, just over 1/2" big and pinkish. I popped one and it had yellow gushy stuff inside. Giant grubs?? Alien gopher pods??? No way do I want to hatch them to see (though, I admit, I am very curious) This was dirt that the gopher had stopped up the hole with, so they came from somewhere else.

[robin303]

Could be ground nesting birds, snake or turtle. My guess and I'm always wrong. 8)

[matereater]

Do you have any lizards in your area ? That would be my guess. If I were you I would save them to see what comes out, but thats just me.

[robin303]

That would be cool but she needs to keep them warm I would use an aquarium with a lid in case it might be poisonous snakes. If they are you can give them to a herpetologist or zoo. I used to catch rattlesnakes, Copperheads and Coral snakes on my job sites and they would go to good homes. I. M. Nutz

[Worth1]

Don't all north American poisonous snakes give birth to live young?

I wouldn't kill anymore of them it is just some kind of critter reptile or amphibian that needs to live.

Shame on you Barb.
I still like you though even though you are now a baby killer.

Worth

[coronabarb]

Dang, Worth, that's harsh!! The way I figure it, I rescued them!! They were about 10" underground in packed dirt. Okay, I did the naturalist thing with my boys when they were growing up (we kept tomato hornworms through the moth stage) so I can do this too. (my son wanted a snake but I was so sick of getting crickets for his frogs, I said no to feeder mice!)

I hadn't thought of snakes. I have seen a gopher snake and a king snake but that was over 10 yrs ago. No rattlesnakes ever reported around here near all these houses. There are lots of lizards. Would they have been laid underground? Or should I put them above ground? Guess I need to look this up.

Thanks for the thoughts, you guys.

[coronabarb]

I went online and did some research and I think these are lizard eggs. Most sites said breeding during the summer with fall hatching...maybe our 90+ weather has them confused. I am going to put them back in the garden where I found them, but near ground level.