Influence of thermal and hydric environments on incubating eggs, embryonic use of energy and hatchling characteristics were studied in a colubrid snake, Xenochrophis piscator.

• 渔异色蛇卵孵化时能从环境中吸收水分导致质量增加，卵质量的增加与初始卵质量和孵化基质湿度有关。