“…Unlike birds, the yolk of snakes settles on the bottom, and the embryo floats and attaches to the top of the egg; consequently, the rotation of eggs in the horizontal axis during incubation should be avoided (Köhler 2005). Also, the presence of moist substrate and organic matter can lead to the growth of pathogens such as mold (Mohammadalizadegan and Sardari 2022;Parmar and Limbachiya 2020).…”