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Of course it's a game mechanic thing but TES has made a living explaining odd game mechanics and inconsistency into lore. It's why the Khajiit have forms based on the moon and how we got the warp in the west.

The odd thing about the world of Mundus is that normal rules of evolution and species taxonomy don't really apply at all. It's one fantasy world where it really shouldn't be a problem.

The Argonians are biologically engineered so they can be whatever the Hist wants or needs them to be.

If we want to lore why Argonians have breasts, I would go with the idea that Argonians close to the inner Argonian trees don't have them and hatch from eggs, while those whose purpose is to go out and take in the rest of Tamriel give live birth and nurse their children like normal. The Pete Hines quote should suffice to cover that.

I'm also rather partial to their breasts containing Hist sap, strange as that might be, as that would provide them with that needed Hist connection at a young age, even if they are born in High Rock or Hammerfell.