She could not find a suitable place to make a nest so she laid wherever.

Laying in the water is very symptomatic of them not finding what they feel to be a suitable place to lay. Unless they are removed from the water very quickly, those eggs usually die.

They like moist but not wet soil type substrate to make a nest in. I use that coconut fiber bedding product (comes in compressed bricks). If they don't have it, they'll lay wherever - often in the water dish.
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3.6 L. getula californiae - 16 eggs (Cal. King)
1.1 L. getula nigrita (MBK)
1.0 Pantherophis guttatus guttatus (Corn)
0.1 Pituophis catenifer catenifer (Pacific gopher)
3.3 Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata - 14 eggs (Cal. Alligator Lizard)

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