Reptile eggs?

[damzookeeper]

Hey, I am under the impression that most reptile eggs are soft shell, but I need to know for sure because my daughter is doing a project with her class and the teacher listed reptiles as most having hard shelled eggs and I thought most have soft shelled eggs? Hard shelled would be like chickens eggs and soft shells would be when they make a slit and come out right?
I'd like to know so I can inform the teacher.
Thanks in advance.

[snakehunter]

Lizards, snakes (some born live) and turtles all have soft eggs as far as I know, unless I forgot a species.

[Manitoban Herps]

Some Gekko, geckos lay hard shelled eggs if not all, exa: whitle ined geckos and tokays.

[damzookeeper]

I know that my leos, fat tails, and cresteds lay soft shelled eggs. They slit the egg and come out. It doesn't crack and chip and I believe that is what makes a hard shelled egg, am I right?

I thought, maybe crocs lay hard shelled but wasn't sure of that. But the question is "What do most reptiles lay for eggs, soft or hard shelled?" I know that some have live birth and some have hard but I want to know what the majority lay, hard or soft?

Thanks.

[spidergecko]

My spider geckos, Bibron's geckos, and scorpion geckos lay hard shelled eggs (they crack open when they hatch and are incubated dry). They look like little chicken eggs. As Manitoban says, Gekko gex lay hard shelled eggs.

[spidergecko]

One more note: turtles usually have hard shelled eggs. I think snakes and a few lizards are the only ones that have softshelled eggs.

-edit-
According to Mader's Reptile Medicine and Surgery, only snakes and a few lizards have leathery shelled eggs.

[damzookeeper]

Thanks everyone. So, most do lay hard shelled eggs then, I just happen to have the soft shell layers. lol

[DeadlyDose]

croc's and alligators lay soft eggs