Greetings everyone.  Has anyone observed males protecting eggs in this genus?

I ask because my United Arab Emirates species laid a clutch last night, and when I found them, the male was coiled around them as was reluctant to move.  No aggression was observed.  This is not the first time I have seen this in this species.  If you followed my past posts on this species, you'll recall this is a "gluer."  However, I did not provide them with a suitable spot to glue this time to make artificial incubation easier.  When they lack a hollow spot, they lay in a shallow nest (1/2 submerged, glued together) under some cork bark.

Let me know what you all think.

--Daniel

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