Fic. 10.—5A. Egg of a Python (Python seb@), weight 54 0z., Size of 
5B. 
SNAKES’ EGGS. 
a Goose Egg. 2. Egg of a Boomslang or 
Egg of Brown Water Snake (Ablabophis 
4. A young Brown Water 
Tree Snake (Dispholidus typus), size of a Pigeon’s Egg. 3. 
rufulus). More elliptical than that of the Boomslang. Same bulk. 
Snake, hatching out. 5. Egg of Green Water Snake (Chlorophis hoplogaster). Same size and shape 
as No. 3. 6. The ‘‘shell” ofa snake’s egg. It is not hard and brittle, it is soft and tough, 7. Egg 
of a Night Adder (Causus rhombeatus). 8. Showing the progressive development of the embryo of a snake. 
A pile of Snakes’ Eggs, and the broken skin of another. These are the Eggs of the Brown House Snake 
(Ablabophis rufulus), two-thirds natural size. The “shell” is soft, tough and leathery. The contents 
are of a very light yellow colour. There is no separate yolk and albumen (white). 
