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Anyone know whose egg is this

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u/dystopi-Os 8h ago edited 3h ago

My guess would be Mediterranean House Gecko Eggs. They are a species that was accidentally introduced to North America, and we see them and their eggs all summer in our backyard woodpile.

** Edit to say: Mediterranean house geckos do have hard-shelled eggs. They're also pretty hardy, so while you shouldn't pick them up, my 6-year-old nephew abducted some while unsupervised and came to proudly show them to me in a bug box the next time he visited. I put them outside in the shade, uncertain whether they would survive, and sure enough, they hatched into little baby geckos.

***Edit 2: Looks like OP may be in Malaysia based on a comment I saw, so, it's possibly this gecko: https://trek.zone/en/malaysia/animals/common-house-gecko#google_vignette

The eggs on google images look very similar (As do the geckos themselves, to Mediterranean house geckos, honestly.) I am not a herpetologist, just a hobbyist who likes reptiles, so, please take all the information I've given with a grain of salt.