Incubation

Beaded eggs hatch best at temperatures between 27 and 29 degrees. It takes about 150 days, but may take somewhat longer at low temperatures. Heloderma eggs are very special to incubate and requires an extremely high humidity, but must not get water on them. In addition, they can not bear to be at a too moist material.

I incubate my our lizard eggs at 28.5 degrees

During the hatching eggs may well start to fall a little, but this does not matter. A few weeks before hatching the eggs will start to fall sharply together, and some days before the hatching the eggshell becomes more transparent and reminiscent of thin paper. The hatchlings cut themselves out, and from the first cuts in the eggs untill the baby is out, it may take several days. The hatchlings will sometime stop crawling out of the eggs, even if they have half of the body out and then rest for a longer periode, maybe untill the next day, and continues so.

Remember that hatchlings also have fully developed venom and you should be very careful when handling because they are extremely fast.