Pokemon-go – Are there Pokémon that can only be hatched from eggs

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In Pokémon Go, it is known which Pokémon can be hatched from each distance of eggs, with the 10km eggs having a chance to hatch into some of the highest CP-potential Pokémon in the game.

I know that some of the Pokémon you get from hatching eggs can also be caught in the wild. Looking at the Pokémon in the 10km egg category, I've caught Eevee, Dratini, Scyther, and Pinsir in the wild. However, I've never encountered wild Snorlax, Magmar, Lapras, etc.

For the sake of Pokédex completion (and having a better strategy at hatching eggs), are there some Pokémon that can only be obtained via egg hatching? If so, is there a list of said Pokémon?

Please note, I am not referring to region-locked Pokemon, as is being asked in this question. I am simply asking if there are any Pokémon that are not obtainable in the wild somewhere in the world, where the only option to obtain one is to hatch an egg with it.

Best Answer

Not really, no. The only Pokemon that would be considered to be 'only hatched from an egg' are the region-restricted Pokemon. But, even then, if you were to travel to one of those countries, you could of course catch those as well. The region-restricted Pokemon can be seen here: What are the regional Pokemon?

Edit: I feel it is important to add that this is still a pretty hotly debated fact. There was a survey done which claims to conclude that out of approximately 40,000 hatched eggs, none of the Pokemon were region-locked Pokemon. However, there are some people who claim (with evidence) that they have hatched region locked Pokemon. Some of these people even claim to have spoken to the person who created the aforementioned survey, only to have that person dismiss their claims as lies or 'hacking'.

So, right now, I am leaning towards that it IS possible to hatch region-locked Pokemon, however, there is yet to be 100% conclusive evidence either way. You can see some of the threads on Reddit where users have made claims for both sides.

Edit 2: Just to be clear, the answer to the actual question at hand here still appears to be no, the edit above is just some additional information, some of which may be a bit beyond the scope of this question.

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