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Originally Posted by sunburn

Can you identify? It's almost round, with a very tough but not brittle shell. Like a medium density plastic. Very firm.

It's about an inch in diameter. Found in the grass, maybe 20 or 30 feet from a marsh. I looked up snake eggs, lizard eggs, & alligator eggs. It's similar, but not exact. It is not like any bird egg I've ever seen.

Perhaps dropped by a bird? Or maybe a traveling animal? What do you guys think?

You stated the shell is not hard. Far as I know, no expert, all birds have hard shells on their eggs and do not abandon the nest.

So I would guess a reptile. As to identifying it, you might try the cooperative extension or perhaps a zoo. It is possible that it is still alive. Hatching it and releasing it, is an unlikely to be successful project and if it is the egg of an,"undesirable," snake or? May not be a."good," idea.

[yesi3putt2]

...but I don't think you have to sit on it to hatch it