How Can I Tell If the Eggs I Found Are Snake or Something Else?

How Can I Tell If the Eggs I Found Are Snake or Something Else?. Snake eggs are often found throughout wilderness areas and can even be found in our backyards -- giving pause to homeowners who may want to know urgently if the eggs are those of snakes. Luckily, the process of identifying snake eggs is a quick one that can be accomplished by anyone with just a little effort.

Things Needed

• Flashlight

Step 1

Lift up your egg and feel its outer surface. If it is hard, such as an egg you would buy in the grocery store, the egg is a bird egg. If the egg is soft and leathery -- with some give to it -- the egg is most likely a snake's.

Step 2

Take your egg to a room at night and turn off the lights so that you have no exterior lighting in the room. In the dark, shine your flashlight upon the egg and identify the shadow that is the embryo inside. If the shadow is in a ball shape and not in an oval shape, your egg is even more likely a snake egg.

Step 3

Contact your local pest control center and ask for a free examination of the egg if you are still unsure. Your pet control center will know every local snake species and will be able to identify the egg's snake breed.

References

• SZG Dozen : Snake eggs and baby snakes