What is the significance of an egg-laying terrestrial animal with a big egg shell or a hard egg membrane?

Because there is no water environment, embryo development can not be separated from water, so there are such eggs.

Eggs are relatively large, with enough space to hold amniotic fluid and store enough nutrients to ensure embryo development. After the baby is born, the individual will have a certain body shape to adapt to the land environment.

Hard eggshells or egg membranes make eggs difficult to break, and the less influence from the bad external environment, the better.