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just a quick question about some eggs i found. i live on a house thats on a small pond with lots of turtles. while doing yard work in an overgrown area i found 3 hard, oval eggs. they weren'[t burried deep at all, just kinda under some loose debris and moss... they're about 2" long and about 3/4" wide... they're very smooth and hard, like a chicken egg.. could this be a turtle?.. i know its not lizard(anole) eggs for i have found plenty of those and they are MUCH smaller. any help would be great. thanks

WHERE DO YOU LIVE!!!!! Sorry aout that, but we get input from all over the globe, so we have to AT LEAST know the geographic area. It sounds like a mud or musk turtle from the description of eggs and nest site.

oops, i suppose location would help! im in florida, west central coast. thanks for the reply, i'll keep an eye on them and see what happens.

I'd agree with that. Most likely mud or musk eggs. There was a recent article in reptiles mag where a jogger found a similar set of eggs "buried" the same way.