Farm fresh eggs ;)

[heartstrings]

I was moving some landscaping materials yesterday and found these skink eggs. I assume they're skink eggs because mama skink was bravely standing guard over them. Or maybe she was dining on them? I gently covered them back up, but will check back later. What if they were snake eggs? 

[No Nicolaitans]

From what I just looked at online, they look like skink eggs, and they also look like snake eggs.

 

[Ukulelemike]

Too small for snake, unless it is a very tiny snake. Skink eggs-looked it up. Agree with NN.

[heartstrings]

I checked again awhile ago. "mother skink" is still guarding them. Skink eggs for sure. I think I counted 16. 

[Rosie]

whats a skink

[heartstrings]

lizard

[Rosie]

haha ha I thought maybe he spelled skunk wrong...

[Jim_Alaska]

Here in northern California we have skinks that are brightly colored. I saw one that was a bright fluorescent red and blue striped. 

[Alan]

I don't know much about stinks? Got a photo of a stink anyone? Are stinks helpful?

[Rebecca]

Skinks are a type of lizard, they're helpful because they eat insects and other bothersome little critters you don't like. If you look closely at Heartstrings photo, you can see the skink looking at her eggs, she's right under the blade of grass that is pointing towards the right.

Here's a photo of a skink I took awhile back:

 

 

[Alan]

Rebecca,

Thanks for the photo!

I saw the brown thing in Heartstrings photo and I thought it was a stick. HaHaHa on me!!!! the secret is out, now everybody knows I am not a farmer.

Alan

[Ukulelemike]

Here, also is a skink. Shingleback Skink from Australia. Like Texas, everything seems bigger down there! Isn't she a beauty?